| An Indonesian man who handled explosives used in last year's deadly bombing of a Jakarta hotel was jailed for 12 years on Thursday. Ismail, alias Muhammad Ikhwan, was found guilty of terrorism and illegal possession of explosives used in the August 2003 bombing of the Marriott hotel in which 12 people were killed. Judge I Wayan Rena Wardana told the South Jakarta district court on Thursday that the defendant was "legally and convincingly proven to have engaged in a crime of terrorism", and had taken part in a crime causing "widespread terror". Previously the highest sentence handed down in connection with the Marriott attack had been 10 years. The bombing has been blamed on the Jemaah Islamiya group, which is also held reponsible for the October 2002 Bali nightclub blasts in which 202 died. The group denies responsibility. |