MP ‘victim of Russian espionage honeytrap’

A LIBERAL Democrat MP whose former aide is facing expulsion from Britain as an alleged Russian spy resigned from the House of Commons Defence Committee yesterday.

Earlier an MI5 officer claimed Mike Hancock became the target of a Russian spy agency’s “honeytrap” operation due to his history of extra-marital affairs that made him “vulnerable”.

An immigration panel was told yesterday that the British security services only showed interest in Katia Zatuliveter working for Hancock after Anna Chapman was kicked out of the US for espionage.