German spy service BND puts agent Anton K in the dock over gay affair with Murat A
It was only when Anton K’s wife discovered that her name had been removed from a life insurance policy and replaced with that of Murat A that news of the affair was revealed to his controllers. Anton K is now in the dock of a Munich court, accused of betraying state secrets — including passing on a classified document from British Intelligence — via his lover. “Murat A intended to pass this information either to people involved in organised crime in Macedonia or to foreign intelligence agencies,” the charge reads. Murat A, the state prosecutor alleged, copied information from his lover’s laptop on to a memory stick. As a result, a network of 19 agents has been compromised and closed down.
Both men face up to ten years in jail and are also charged with fraud, with Anton K allegedly having authorised special payments for Murat A. The trial is being held largely in camera because of the sensitivity of the material. Both men are pleading not guilty, claiming that they are the victim