Moscow, Nov 24, SPA -- A Russian physicist convicted of spying forChina was given a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in atrial. Earlier this month, a jury found Valentin Danilov guiltyof passing information to China, and a judge at theRegional Court in the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberiasentenced him to 14 years in a maximum security prison. Danilov, 53 has pleaded innocent, arguing that theinformation he provided was no longer classified and camefrom open sources. "The trial wasn't free, fair or lawful," Danilov'slawyer Yelena Yevmenova told The Associated Press in atelephone interview. Yevmenova said that Danilov would appeal the sentence toRussia's Supreme Court and the European Court for HumanRights in Strasbourg, France. "I hope he (Danilov) will have enough health and strengthto keep on fighting," Yevmenova said. Danilov was arrested in February 2001 and accused ofselling classified information on the impact of spaceenvironment on satellites and of misappropriating fundsfrom Krasnoyarsk State Technical University.--SPA1349 Local Time 1049 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/219344