Court halves jail term of "al-Bana"

SANA'A, Nov. 08 (Saba) - The Appeal court halved Saturday the prison
sentence of the Jaber Elbaneh to five from ten years in the
case of attacking oil facilities in Hadramout province.

The court chaired by the Judge Mohammed al-Hakimi reduced also the
sentence Emad Shas to 5 years as well. The court also ordered to
re-jail the accused Jamil al-Haimi who has been acquitted previously
to three years.

Moreover, the court upheld the previous sentences against the other
31 accused including the fugitives.

The appeal involved 36 militants, 32 of whom were handed prison
sentences,

The Penal Court of First Instance delivered in November 2007
sentences of between 2 - 15 years for 36 convicted, while four
others were acquitted.

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