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The verdict of the Hong Kong court was hardly a surprise, but still a desperate blow for Jimmy Lai and indeed for his many supporters.

The newspaper publisher and later pro-democracy activist has been accused of sedition and colluding with foreign forces, all in breach of the territory's harsh national security law.

Of those who've been prosecuted under these laws...

few have ever been acquitted.

The judge in this case said there was no doubt that Jimmy Lai harboured hatred for China and was a national threat.

Our correspondent Danny Vincent was in court for the verdict.

Now, as you mentioned, Jimmy Lai has already been in jail.

I think it's five years so far.

And he's reported to be in poor health.

How did he look in court?

And the verdict came just a day after Hong Kong's last pro-democracy political party shut down under duress from China.