A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a former Dutch foreign ministry worker to 12 years in jail for spying.

Raymond Poeteray passed on hundreds of sensitive documents to Russia.

The 61-year-old handed the data to a German couple, the pair are currently on trial in Stuttgart.

The judge said Poeteray acted "purely out of financial interest".

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