Osama Bin Laden driver gets five years
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Osama bin Laden's former driver has been sentenced to almost six years jail after being convicted of supporting terrorism.
A military jury at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba sentenced Salim Hamdan to five and a half years in prison after US prosecutors had asked for at least 30 years.
sentence takes into account time already served by Hamdan since he was charged in 2003.
While the sentence will make him eligible for release in just six months, the Pentagon has already indicated it has no plans to release him.
During his sentencing hearing, Hamdan pleaded for leniency by pointing to the case of Australian David Hicks, who accepted a plea deal on the same charge, and was given seven years in jail.
A military jury at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba sentenced Salim Hamdan to five and a half years in prison after US prosecutors had asked for at least 30 years.
sentence takes into account time already served by Hamdan since he was charged in 2003.
While the sentence will make him eligible for release in just six months, the Pentagon has already indicated it has no plans to release him.
During his sentencing hearing, Hamdan pleaded for leniency by pointing to the case of Australian David Hicks, who accepted a plea deal on the same charge, and was given seven years in jail.
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