Moscow court sentences Norway's Berg to 14 Years in jail for espionage
Moscow, Apr 16 (Sputnik) A Moscow court has found Norwegian national Frode Berg guilty of espionage and sentenced him to 14 years in a high-security jail, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Tuesday from the courtroom.
"To find Berg guilty and sentence him to 14 years of imprisonment in a high-security jail," the judge said.
Berg's lawyer Ilya Novikov told Sputnik that the sentenced Norwegian citizen would not appeal against the judgment because that would postpone an opportunity to file a petition for pardon.
"For pragmatic reasons Berg does not see any sense in appeal as it would postpone the moment when he can ask for pardon. We will not appeal against this verdict. Ten days later when the verdict will be translated and Berg will familiarize himself with it, it will enter into force," Novikov stressed.
Berg, a retired Norwegian border agent, was arrested in Moscow in December while receiving secret information from a Russian citizen who worked at a defense company and acted under the Federal Security Service's supervision. Berg, 63, is charged with having collected data about Russian nuclear submarines on the instruction of the Norwegian intelligence service.
Berg denies the accusation, while Novikov believes that that the man was most likely used as an "unwitting agent."
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