ITALY: Vatican police have found thousands of documents inside the home of the Pope's butler, including original documents signed by the pontiff with indications they should be destroyed.
Officers gave evidence in the trial of Paolo Gabriele, 46, Pope Benedict XVI's once-trusted butler who faces four years in prison if convicted of aggravated theft for stealing papal documents and leaking them to a journalist.
The final four witnesses were heard and closing arguments are set for Saturday, when a verdict by the three-judge Vatican panel is expected.
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