VATICAN CITY
Vatican Information Service

Vatican City, (VIS) – This morning the Tribunal of Vatican City State published its ruling in the trial against Claudio Sciarpelletti, the computer technician employed by the Secretariat of State implicated in the “Vatileaks” case.

The Tribunal, pursuant to Article 225 of the Penal Code, ruled that the defendant was “guilty of the offence of assisting in the elusion of the investigations by the Authorities” and “therefore sentences him to prison for four months”.

“Pursuant to Article 26 of the Law of 21 June 1969, in view of the accused’s service record and lack of previous convictions, the Tribunal reduces the sentence to imprisonment for two (2) months”. Pursuant to Article 90 of the same law, the Tribunal “orders the suspension of the sentence for a period of five years, according to the conditions of law”. In the light of Article 427 of the…