Please enter your login details

You can also sign in with your Sowetan LIVE
and Sport LIVE account details.
   Sign Up   Forgot password?

Sign in with:
 
  • All Share : 41413.44
    UNCHANGED0.00%
    Top 40 : 3353.49
    UNCHANGED0.00%
    Financial 15 : 12096.10
    UNCHANGED0.00%
    Industrial 25 : 47171.07
    UNCHANGED0.00%

  • ZAR/USD : 9.4138
    UP 0.14%
    ZAR/GBP : 14.2812
    UP 0.41%
    ZAR/EUR : 12.0763
    UP 1.89%
    ZAR/JPY : 0.0916
    UP 0.18%
    ZAR/AUD : 9.1740
    UP 0.15%

  • Gold : 1346.7600
    UP 0.26%
    Platinum : 1442.0000
    UP 0.91%
    Silver : 21.4720
    UP 1.97%
    Palladium : 737.2500
    UP 0.44%
    Brent Crude Oil : 104.780
    UP 0.13%

  • All data is delayed by 15 min. Data supplied by I-Net Bridge
    Hover cursor over this ticker to pause.

Mon May 20 03:04:03 SAST 2013

Indonesia extends logging ban to save rainforest

Vatican court finds ex butler guilty, gives him one and a half year sentence

Reuters | 06 October, 2012 12:51
Pope Benedict's former butler Paolo Gabriele (R), accused of stealing and leaking the pontiff's personal papers, sits at the start of his trial at the Vatican September 29, 2012.
Image by: OSSERVATORE ROMANO / REUTERS

A Vatican court on Saturday found Pope Benedict's former butler guilty of stealing sensitive documents and sentenced him to a year and a half in prison.

Save & Share

The court delivered its verdict after a two-hour deliberation on the last day of the trial. The prosecution had asked for a three-year sentence. The defence had asked that Paolo Gabriele go free.

SHARE YOUR OPINION

If you have an opinion you would like to share on this article, please send us an e-mail to the Times LIVE iLIVE team. In the mean time, click here to view the Times LIVE iLIVE section.