94-year-old Auschwitz staff member sentenced to four years

A former SS officer - nicknamed the 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' - has been convicted of being an accessory to murder and sentenced to four years prison.

A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served at the Auschwitz death camp has been convicted of 300,000 counts of accessory to murder.

The state court in the northern German city of Lueneburg gave Oskar Groening a four-year sentence.