Sentences and Later Lives
Houghton and Gee were sentenced to 15 years in prison. They were released in 1970 and married.
The Krogers (i.e. the Cohens) were sentenced to 20 years' jail. In 1969, they were exchanged for the British citizen Gerald Brooke who had been arrested by the Russians. As part of the process the Soviets confirmed that they were spies.
Lonsdale, the mastermind, was sentenced to 25 years. In 1964 he was exchanged for the British spy Greville Wynne who had been arrested in Russia. His real name was revealed to be Konon Trofimovich Molody.
It is believed that the ring numbered more than the five who were arrested, but these would have included staff at the Russian and Polish embassies who would have been immune to prosecution anyway.
Read more about this topic: Portland Spy Ring
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