Rywin receives 30 month prison sentence; Słowik also banged up

Lew Rywin was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and a zł.100,000 fine. The court also found no evidence that former TVP president Robert Kwiatkowski and deputies Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Lech Nikolski and Aleksandra Jakubowska were involved in the matter in any way. Prime Minister Leszek Miller admitted he was fully satisfied with the court's decision. Tomasz Nałęcz, the head of Rywin Commission, criticized both the court and the prosecutor for having ignored the work of the Commission. The sentence is not binding, and Rywin's lawyers said they would appeal against the verdict. In related news, Andrzej Zieliński nicknamed 'Słowik' (nightingale), leader of the Pruszków mafia, was sentenced yesterday to six years imprisonment by the Warsaw District Court. (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 4) A.F.