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Pulo Mas robbers sentenced to death, life imprisonment
The East Jakarta District Court found guilty the defendants in a robbery and murder case that took place in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta, sentencing two of them to death and the other to life imprisonment.
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Outside the crime scene in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta. Eleven people were found inside a small bathroom on Dec. 27 and six people died and five other survived. (Warta Kota/Feryanto Hadi)
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he East Jakarta District Court found guilty the defendants in a robbery and murder case that took place in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta, sentencing two of them to death and the other to life imprisonment.
The three defendants, Ridwan Sitorus aka Ius Pane, Erwin Situmorang aka Ucok and Alfin Berius Sinaga aka Alfin, have been detained since Dec. 29, 2016.
“Ius Pane and Erwin have been proven guilty of murder and Alfin Sinaga is guilty of aiding and abetting,” presiding judge Gede Ariawan said on Tuesday.
(Read also: Six killed in alleged robbery in Pulo Mas)
Meanwhile, a lawyer for the defendants said they would appeal the verdict.
“We object to the verdict and will appeal,” said one of the defendants’ lawyers, Djarot Widodo.
The three defendants robbed a home owned by Dodi Triono, 59, in Pulo Mas, East Jakarta, on Dec. 26. They used a gun and machete to threaten their 11 victims, who they then locked in a 1.5 by 2-square-meter bathroom.
Six of the victims died of asphyxiation, while the rest survived. (ecn/wnd)
