Vanya Gaberova tells Old Bailey a man showed fake ID and told her untrained people were better at surveillance

A woman accused of spying for Moscow told the Old Bailey she believed she was working for Interpol after a man showed her a fake ID and told her he could enrol her at “police school in Wembley”.

On her first day of giving evidence, London-based Vanya Gaberova, a 30-year-old beautician, said she did not question Bizer Dzhambazov, 43, who also told her that untrained people like her were better at surveillance because they did not stand out in a crowd.