Marius Borg Hoiby pleaded not guilty to the most severe accusations against him, including those of rape, while admitting to some lesser ones, and can appeal the verdict.

Marius Borg Hoiby will be sentenced to four years in prison, an Oslo court ruled.

The stepson ‌of Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon ‌has been found ‌guilty of two counts of rape and other crimes and ‌has been sentenced ‌to ⁠four years ​in prison, an Oslo court ruled.

Marius Borg Hoiby, ⁠29, who ‌joined ​the royal family ​when his mother ‌Mette-Marit married Haakon ​in 2001, has pleaded not guilty ​to ​the ​most severe accusations ‌against him, including those of rape, and can appeal the ​verdict.

He had pleaded not guilty to the most severe accusations against him, including those ⁠of rape, ‌while admitting ​to some lesser ones, and can appeal the verdict.

Prosecutors ​had asked ‌for Hoiby to be sentenced to seven years ​and seven months of prison.

The seven-week trial gripped the Nordic country, detailing Hoiby’s ​drug ​addiction, self-made videos ​of sexual encounters and more ‌than 800 electronic messages entered into evidence.

One alleged rape took place in the basement of the crown prince’s family home, the court ​heard.