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Three get life in Morocco trial
EFL:A Moroccan court has sentenced a French national and two Moroccans to life imprisonment for planning terrorist attacks in an attempt to overthrow the state. The court also gave a variety of other sentences of up to 30 years to 30 other defendants in the case. Two of the accused were found innocent. Frenchman Pierre Robert, 31, had denied all the charges and claimed he had been tortured in custody. "Lies, all lies." Robert, a French convert to Islam, was found guilty of being the leader of the group, giving them military and ideological instruction. His lawyers say they will appeal. In his most startling testimony, Robert said he had been working undercover for French intelligence, infiltrating Islamic extremist networks in Europe, BBC correspondent Sebastian Usher said. Sure you were. The French Government has denied this. "Lies, all lies." The defendants were tried under Moroccoâs new anti-terrorism law which was rushed through parliament after the Casablanca bombings. Morocco is taking this very seriously, well done. Posted by: Steve 2003-09-19 |
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