Russian oil tycoon Khodorkovsky 'found guilty' in trial

[Gerald]

Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been found guilty in his second trial on charges of embezzlement, Russian news agencies say.A judge in Moscow said Khodorkovsky and his business partner had been found guilty of embezzling property. The verdict is still being read out.Khodorkovsky is already serving an eight-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion. His supporters maintain the case is politically motivated.Khodorkovsky, 47, was due to be released next year, but the second trial could see him jailed until 2017.Germany's warning!

In the latest trial, Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev are accused of stealing hundreds of millions of tonnes of oil from the Yukos oil company and laundering the proceeds between 1998-2003.

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Khodorkovsky has said he is prepared to spend the rest of his life in jail


Note: 27 December 2010 Last updated at 08:32 GMT