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AKARTA: The West Jakarta District Court handed down a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for terrorism accomplice Juhanda on Thursday for his role in a series of mail bomb attacks and the planned bombing of a church in Tangerang last year.

But the judges adjourned the verdict of Pepi Fernando, the alleged bomb-maker and mastermind of the attacks that targeted public figures by sending explosives hidden in books, saying that their arguments were not yet finalized.

Juhanda received a lighter sentence than the prosecutor’s demand of five years in prison. He said that he would not file an appeal.

The judges have not finalized the verdicts for two other defendants, Imam Firdaus and Hedi Suhartono, and adjourned the trial until Monday.

Prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Pepi and a five-year prison term for Imam and Hedi. They demanded seven-year prison terms for two other defendants in the case: Muhammad Maulana and Darto.