Lithuanian court finds Campbell guilty of arms charges

A Lithuanian judge has found an Irish man guilty of trying to buy weapons and explosives in a six-year sting orchestrated by Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5, and jailed him for 12 years.

Judge Arunas Kisielus of Vilnius Regional Court sentenced Michael Campbell – a 39-year-old with alleged links to the Real IRA – to 12 years in prison for weapons offences and supporting a terrorist group.