Incarcerated activist and media owner has been on trial for more than two years on national security charges

• Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security charges

The long-awaited verdicts in Jimmy Lai’s national security trial are one of the city’s most closely watched rulings since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.

The pro-democracy media tycoon and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily founder has pleaded not guilty to two counts of “conspiracy to foreign collusion” under the security law, which carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, as well as one count of “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”.