Complex sentence: The commander of the unit, Jaanus Karm, was later found guilty of negligence for leading his troops into such dangerous circumstances and sentenced to 4.5 years in prison, but was pardoned by the president Lennart Meri.
Split into simpler sentences: The commander of the unit, Jaanus Karm, was later found guilty of negligence for leading his troops into such dangerous circumstances. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, but was pardoned by the president Lennart Meri.