No prison time for computer expert in Vatileaks case

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By NBC's Claudio LavangaROME -- A Vatican computer expert charged with helping the pope's former butler Paolo Gabriele to steal and leak papal documents to a journalist was given a suspended, two-month prison sentence Saturday.

Claudio Sciarpelletti was initially given a four-month sentence, but it was reduced immediately to two months because of his clean record and later suspended.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld In reading the verdict, chief judge Giuseppe della Torre said Sciarpelletti was sentenced for "obstructing justice."

Gabriele was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October for stealing and leaking papal documents.

Pope's ex-butler Paolo Gabriele gets 18-month sentence in 'Vatileaks' case

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