Orlin Roussev, who admitted being the ringleader of a UK-based Russian spy ring, compared himself to James Bond character 'Q' as he hid in a seaside hotel and hoarded surveillance gadgets.

The Old Bailey heard Orlin Roussev, who pleaded guilty to running a spy ring on behalf of the Russians, boasted to his controller that he was becoming like the James Bond character "Q" as he hoarded surveillance gadgets. But others in the alleged spy ring deny the charges against them.

Russian spy Orlin Roussev compared himself to the James Bond character 'Q' as he hid in a Great Yarmouth guesthouse and prepared gadgets for kidnap and surveillance operations, a court heard