A Cold War era Soviet spy who infamously broke out of a west London prison in the early 1960s has reportedly died in Russia aged 98.
George Blake, who was born George Behar, was a former MI6 officer convicted of spying offences in 1961 after passing information to the KGB.
Sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped to Moscow five years later after climbing down the wall of Wormwood Scrubs prison with help from inmates.
According to the Associated Press, several British agents in eastern Europe were executed after being exposed by Mr Blake.
