Ex-student faces jail after Palin email hacked

A former US student could face up to 20 years in jail after he was found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin's email account.

A jury in Tennessee has found 22 -year-old David Kernell guilty of obstructing justice and unauthorised access to a computer.

He broke into Mrs Palin's email account during her 2008 Republican campaign for the US vice-presidency.

A sentencing date has not yet been set.