ALBAWABA - The son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette Marit, Marius Borg Høiby, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and was sentenced to four years in prison, the BBC reported Monday.
However, the judges in courtroom 250 at Oslo District Court cleared the 29-year-old of two other counts of rape, but he was found guilty of many of the other offences.
According to the British news agency, Høiby didn't attend the court for the verdict, but joined the session via video.
The BBC said, "Prosecutors had called for Høiby to be given seven years and seven months in prison. His defence lawyers had called for a lesser term of 18 months and can appeal against the verdict."
Marius Borg Hoiby joined the royal family of Norway when his mother, Mette-Marit, married Haakon in 2001.
