Sunday, June 26, 2011
The foreigners received long jail sentences and heavy fines from a Mogadishu court on June 18.The Chief Judge of the Regional Court, Hashi Elmi Nur had stated that the six received jail sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years as well as fines varying from$ 10,000 to $ 15,000.
The six men who have not been officially named comprised of three Britons, one American and two Kenyans. They left Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport this afternoon on board two aircrafts that were seized on May 24.
After their arrest, government officials in Mogadishu made preliminary statement hinting that the money was to to pay ransom to pirates.
Source: Africa Review