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Duncan Atkinson KC, prosecuting, said Arshad's actions created a "significant risk" of damage to national security and "put the safety of intelligence agency personnel at risk."

Arshad's lawyer Nina Grahame KC said he had been "reckless" "thoughtless and naïve".

During sentencing at Oxford Crown Court on Friday, Judge Ian Pringle KC described it a "bold and brazen" heist that took "no more than five-and-a-half minutes to complete".

Prosecuting on behalf of the Gambling Commission, Sam Stein KC said Sunak was among those to have given a witness statement in the case.

Judge Mark Lucraft KC said the crimes committed by Dighton "satisfies all the offences have terrorist connections."