The Vatican's high-profile corruption trial concluded with the conviction of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others for embezzlement and fraud. Becciu received a 5 1/2-year prison sentence. The trial exposed infighting and intrigue within the Vatican's highest echelons, and legal experts suggest that the convicted individuals may not serve time behind bars soon.
Cardinal Becciu still has use of the luxury Vatican apartment which featured multiple times in his trial and conviction for financial crimes. https://t.co/cJWFAsP3JV
Re-upping a FT mini-doc we made about the financial scandal involving the Vatican losing over €100m in a Chelsea property deal. Cardinal Becciu, Mincione and others convicted by a Vatican court on Saturday are appealing. Process could take years. https://t.co/lvYTzdYEQ2
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Vatican sentences Cardinal to over 5 years prison for embezzlement in first-ever prosecution of its kind https://t.co/SKAeAiWBnW
Vatican sentences Cardinal to over 5 years prison for embezzlement in first-ever prosecution of its kind https://t.co/9lmoH8Bo77
Vatican sentences Cardinal to over 5 years prison for embezzlement in first-ever prosecution of its kind https://t.co/9HaHkjVJvC
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None of the six people, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who received jail sentences at the end of the Vatican's big corruption trial will likely be spending time behind bars anytime soon and some perhaps never, according to legal and security experts https://t.co/hMEr8JEasd https://t.co/uXVaIUZj6w
Vatican court sentences its cardinal to prison for the first time - The Guardian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75, was sentenced yesterday to five and a half years in prison for fraud, corruption and money laundering. The trial of him and his nine accomplices lasted more than two… https://t.co/X5EBVkCeZz
A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system. https://t.co/IkL6lF74QX
A Vatican court sentenced Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes as part of a trial that exposed infighting and intrigue in the highest echelons of the Vatican https://t.co/aqtdlh2uLX https://t.co/02Wfj0dX9Z
Cardinal Angelo Becciu has been convicted of embezzlement in a Vatican financial trial and sentenced to 5 and a half years. https://t.co/klDud8XONs
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand trial before a Vatican criminal court, was convicted of embezzlement and fraud and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail https://t.co/aqtdlh2uLX https://t.co/rkZTLOZRa7
Italian Cardinal sentenced to 5+ years for embezzlement. I didn't know they could do that, tbh. https://t.co/QnBAz6XJe0 https://t.co/50e5pHUZNr
Senior cardinal convicted of embezzlement in historic Vatican fraud trial https://t.co/Nt5dNYPzMz
A Vatican criminal court on Saturday sentenced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of the church’s most powerful Vatican officials, to five and a half years in prison for financial crimes. https://t.co/7LevvOfFjv
The Vatican criminal court has convicted Cardinal Becciu of financial crimes in a landmark trial. A former advisor to the Pope, Becciu has received a prison sentence. https://t.co/MlqrckzenT
A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system. https://t.co/ofXIsjApCv
Vatican court sentences Cardinal Becciu to prison for embezzlement, abuse of office https://t.co/y5TS9Qslx3
Cardinal Angelo Becciu has been convicted of embezzlement in a Vatican financial trial and sentenced to 5 and a half years. https://t.co/pfbGKZqbRj
A Vatican court on Saturday found Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu guilty of embezzlement & fraud & sentenced him to 5½ years in prison, marking a stunning fall from grace for a man who was once one of the most powerful advisers to the pope. Becciu, who has denied any… https://t.co/ZjbxTqaPrH
A Vatican court found Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu guilty on corruption charges, marking a stunning fall from grace for a former powerful adviser to Pope Francis https://t.co/643tUXBhmB https://t.co/643tUXBhmB
Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in landmark Vatican court case https://t.co/0zxWV41EPv
The Vatican court sentenced former cardinal and papal adviser Angelo Becciu to 5 1/2 years in prison for financial crimes related to a London real estate deal https://t.co/Qe1Weny0NJ
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BREAKING: Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years https://t.co/dr7yNGu34w
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Cardinal and nine co-defendants anticipate the verdicts in the Vatican trial https://t.co/maUcT8Fe5M https://t.co/nfHs4vM4U9
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Verdicts in big Vatican corruption trial due on Saturday https://t.co/2jVigNVk3Z https://t.co/urrxGPnlRL
Verdicts in big Vatican corruption trial due on Saturday https://t.co/bd5eAdOs6T https://t.co/xAQ186hv4p
Verdicts in the high-profile Vatican corruption trial to be delivered this Saturday https://t.co/XAvBP7sn4a https://t.co/JkdHHigWMo
⚠️ VERDICTS IN BIG VATICAN CORRUPTION TRIAL DUE ON SATURDAY Defence lawyers at the Vatican's big corruption trial, in which one of the 10 defendants is a cardinal, completed their summing up on Tuesday and the court president announced that the verdicts would be announced on…