Rome court sentences naval officer accused of espionage to 20 years. The reasons for the sentence: 'It favored the State outside the Atlantic Alliance' In over 130 pages of reasons, the judges reconstruct the story of the Frigate captain, already sentenced to 29 years by the military appeal judges.
According to the magistrates, the accused "made a distorted use of his functions contrary to his official duties" and did not offer any explanation of the accusations. The judges add that Biot "chose not to carry out the interrogation during the validation of the arrest in flagrante delicto" and "did not have full knowledge of the accusation to be able to usefully defend himself" The judges conclude that the information he was providing had to have a certain significant impact on the secrecy and confidentiality of the information itself, even more so if re-evaluated in light of the most recent geopolitical facts connected to the war in Ukraine and to the current relations of NATO and the Alliance countries with the Russian Federation.