Salos has been caused to Britainin the case of a British nationality, who was convicted today (22.07.2025) for espionage, as it turned out, tried to provide sensitive and secret information for a fee to “agents Foreign country. “
In particular, Howard Phillips gave “Russian agents” personal content information for former British Defense Minister Grand Saps, resulting in a guilty of a foreign intelligence assistance.
Phillips gave SAPS’s home address and his phone number to two people who believed they were Russian agents but in fact they were British secret officersthe prosecutors said.
The 65 -year -old British denied the category of involvement in behavior aimed at the material assistance of a foreign intelligence service, which brings a maximum sentence of 14 years.
Phillips testified in his trial in Winchester Court, claiming that was trying to “trap and expose a foreign agent”.
However, he was convicted of the offense under the law on national security by law court. His sentence will be announced later.
At the start of his trial, prosecutor Joselyn Ledword said Phillips offered to help Russian secret services “not necessarily for ideological reasons or because the Russian state likedยป.
The plan – ‘trap’
Ledword said that Phillips had sought to make an “easy and, perhaps, interesting or exciting – easy -to -money work”.
In March 2024, alleged Russian agents, using the names of Sasha and Dima, approached Phillips, who asked him to store a file in a clean USB stick, stating what he could offer and why, and hide it in a parked bike.
Later he met Dima in May 2024, saying that Knowing Saps’ home address, his phone number And where he was guarded by his private plane as he had visited Saps’ house, Ledword said.
Phillips also offered logistical support, closing a hotel and buying a cellphone for a foreign intelligence service, prosecutors said.