By Sky News US Team
A college friend of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been convicted of lying to federal investigators.
Robel Phillipos, 21, was accused of misleading FBI agents during the investigation into the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon attack.
Prosecutors said Phillipos lied about being in Tsarnaev's dorm room while two other friends removed potential evidence three days after the bombing.
Defence attorneys claimed that Phillipos was a frightened 19-year-old who was too high on marijuana to clearly recall what occurred when he was in the room.
His friends, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, were both charged with obstruction of justice for removing a laptop and a backpack containing fireworks casings emptied of gunpowder.
Tazhayakov was convicted by a jury in July. Kadyrbayev entered into a plea deal a month later.
Phillipos' lawyers said FBI investigators intimidated their client and coerced a confession after five hours of questioning.
They called on family friend former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis to testify on his behalf.
Mr Dukakis told the court that he spoke to Phillipos five days after the attacks. He said the teen told him that he so confused during questioning that he could not remember what he told the agents.
Phillipos faces a maximum of eight years for each of the two counts he was convicted. Sentencing is set for 29 January.
Three people were killed and more than 260 others injured in the 15 April 2013 attack.
Tsarnaev is accused along with his older brother of planting two pressure cooker bombs that exploded near the marathon finish line.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed during a shoot-out with police days after the bombings.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges and is awaiting trial.
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