A city worker who "dreamt about being like James Bond" but volunteered to spy for Russia when he ran out of money has been jailed for seven years.

Howard Phillips, 65, from Harlow, Essex, told two officers posing as Russian agents he wanted to work in intelligence to avoid a "nine-to-five" office job after clearing out his savings.

He also handed over the home address and landline for Grant Shapps , then the defence secretary, during the undercover MI5 sting.

Image: Phillips during the sting operation

Phillips was found guilty in July of assisting what he believed to be Russian intelligence service agents, in breach of the National Security Act.

Now he's been jailed for seven years after offering to provide logistical support for Russian agents across the world in th

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