VATICAN CITY
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A Vatican court on Monday heard how Pope Benedict’s former butler, who has been jailed for stealing papal documents, refused to allow technicians to check his computer for six years before his arrest.
The detail emerged at the first hearing of the trial of Claudio Sciarpelletti, a computer expert who is charged with aiding and abetting former butler Paolo Gabriele.
Lawyers told the court Gabriele refused to have his computer maintained or updated by technicians.
Gabriele was convicted of aggravated theft at a separate trial last month and sentenced to 18 months in jail for stealing sensitive papal documents and leaking them to the media. He kept some confidential information on his computer.
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