A court in Rome on Friday sentenced a
former Italian navy officer to 20 years
in jail for allegedly spying for Russia.
Frigate captain Walter Biot was found guilty by the court of
assizes in the capital of espionage and bribery after being
caught handing over secret documents to Russian embassy
officials in a Rome shopping centre in March 2021.
The prosecution had asked for him to be given 18 years.
This was the second sentence handed down to the father of four
from Pomezia outside Rome after he was found guilty by a
military court and sentenced to 30 years in jail in March 2023.
Italy expelled two Russian embassy officials in 2021 in relation
to the case.
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