Bradley Manning showed little emotion as he was sentenced, but supporters shouted words of thanks
The US soldier convicted of handing a trove of secret government documents to anti-secrecy website Wikileaks has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Pte First Class Bradley Manning, 25, was convicted in July of 20 charges against him, including espionage.

Last week, he apologised for hurting the US and for "the unexpected results" of his actions.

Prosecutors had asked for a 60-year sentence. He will receive credit for time he has already served in jail.

In addition, he will be given 112 days' credit in recompense for the harsh conditions of his confinement immediately after his arrest.

In the military courtroom in Fort Meade, Maryland, on Tuesday, Judge Col Denise Lind declared Pte Manning would be dishonourably discharged from the US Army and forfeit some of his pay.

Pte Manning showed no emotion as the sentence was delivered.

As he was led away, his supporters shouted: "We'll wait for you, Bradley", and "Thank you, Bradley, we love you", the BBC's Tom Geoghegan reports.

While stationed in Iraq in 2010, the junior intelligence analyst passed hundreds of thousands of battlefield reports and diplomatic cables to Wikileaks, the pro-transparency group headed by Julian Assange.

Pte Manning said in a pre-trial hearing he leaked the secret files in the hopes of sparking a public debate about US foreign policy and the military.
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