British ex-spy flees home after being accused publicly of preparing Trump dossier

Steele, 52, was seen fleeing his gated Surrey home in his car yesterday and appears to have been in such a rush most of the lights were left on.

A security source said: ‘He is terrified for his safety’, adding he may now be abroad or in a safe house.

A neighbour told the Telegraph: ‘He asked me to look after his cat as he would be gone for a few days’.

Mr Steele served MI6 for nearly two decades in Moscow – and a stint in its Paris Station – and security sources say he once worked with murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko who fled to Britain before he was poisoned in 2006.

Litvinenko’s wife Marina said last night she did not recognise the name Steele but admitted MI6 agents often have a number of different identities.