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Umar Patek will not appeal
JAKARTA: Terrorist convict Hisyam bin Ali Zein, better known as Umar Patek, has decided not to appeal a West Jakarta court’s ruling, which sentenced him to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a series of bombings in the country
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AKARTA: Terrorist convict Hisyam bin Ali Zein, better known as Umar Patek, has decided not to appeal a West Jakarta court’s ruling, which sentenced him to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a series of bombings in the country.
His lawyer, Asludin Hanjuni, said that Patek had discussed the jail sentence with his family and accepted the verdict, kompas.com reported.
“He is sorry for not have been able to stop the bombings,” Asludin said on Wednesday.
Last Thursday, the West Jakarta District Court handed down 20 years’ imprisonment to Patek. The verdict was lighter than the life sentence sought by prosecutors, given Patek’s main role in assembling the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombing, which left more than 200 people dead.
The panel of judges, presided over by Encep Yuliardi, found Patek, 46, guilty of illegal possessing firearms, explosive devices and chemicals, as well as premeditated murder in the Bali bombing and Jakarta’s Christmas Eve church bombing in 2000, which killed 19 people.
