Italy: Italian officer sentenced to 30 years in prison – Accused of spying for Russia

THE Walter Biothis officer Italian Navywas sentenced last night by the military court in Rome to 30 years in prison. He was charged with perpetration espionage on behalf of Russia.

58-year-old Walter Biot, a frigate captain and father of four, from the province of Rome Pometsiawas found guilty by court-martial on the charge that was selling classified documents to an official at the Russian embassy in Rome. The judges recognized extenuating circumstances circumstances in the case.

The military prosecutors in Rome they demanded last night that Biot be given her sentence life imprisonment.

How Walter Boyt acted

In accordance with thelocal.itits internal intelligence service of Italy AISI has been researching him for some time now. Late Tuesday, the police officers who were watching him, he was seen heading to a “secret meeting” in Rome with a Russian military man. According to reports, the two men they met in a car park, where special operations police stopped them both, but arrested only the naval officer. THE Russian embassy official, avoided pre-trial detention thanks to diplomatic immunitypolice said.

Prosecutors presented photos showing that Biot uses his mobile phone to photograph a series of documents, images and screenshots on a computer. “Some of the 19 documents Biot photographed were classified NATO documents and one was highly confidentiality,” the prosecutor said.

The prosecutor alleged that Biot may have sold classified documents on other occasions. “Biot traded classified documents and demonstrated high degree of treason and capacity for criminality’.

Italy had expelled two Russian embassy officials in 2021 in relation to the case in question.

Source: News Beast

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