charges. On 6 May 2014, the alleged hush-hush source himself was charged and attended a hearing under paragraph 263 of the Danish Penal Code. However, the police expected to prosecute several other persons and indeed Henrik Qvortrup was charged and heard a few weeks later. Se og Hørs former news chief Lise Bondesen was charged in late June. By December 2014, a total of eight persons had been charged in connection with the case: the source, Ken B. Rasmussen, Qvortrup, former chief editor Kim Henningsen, editor Per Ingdal, journalist Kasper Kopping, Bondesen, and Aller Media A/S (as a juridical person). In November 2015, 20 days in Autumn 2016 (distributed between 9 September and 24 November) were set aside for court proceedings related to the case. In July 2016, eight persons and Aller Media A/S were indicted (under Danish law, charging is distinct from indictment, with the former being an indication by police that they believe an individual to have committed a crime and the latter being the public prosecutor's office's filing of intention to prosecute to the court). Among those indicted were Qvortrup, Henningsen, Ingdal, Kopping, and the source. The court at Glostrup announced the verdict on 24 November 2016. Ingdal received a not guilty verdict. Qvortrup was sentenced to one years' suspended imprisonment, three months' unconditional imprisonment, and 200 hours of community service. Henningsen received one year's suspended imprisonment. Rasmussen and Kopping both received suspended sentences of four months. The source was sentenced to one year and six months' unconditional imprisonment; they appealed but the sentence was upheld at Østre Landsret on 8 August 2017. Finally, Aller Media were ordered to pay a fine of DKK 10 million. In 2017, a lawyer representing 19 of the surveillance victims sued Aller Media for DKK 6 million. Wider context The case concluded whilst Gottfrid Svartholm was under remand in Denmark, accused of cyber crimes against Danish authorities and companies; at the same time, foreign media continued to report on Edward Snowden's leaks about state surveillance. The scandal broke during a time where Aller Media were experiencing a fall in the readership of many of their magazines. Following the revelations, Se og Hørs print circulation fell by over 18,000 to below 100,000. The magazine's reader numbers (in print and online) also fell with 100,000 fewer readers in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. The