“Man jailed over Jakarta bombing,” from the BBC:
The first suspect to face charges over the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta last year has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail.
Irun Hidayat was found guilty of being an accessory to the attack, in which nine people were killed.
But Mr Hidayat had already been cleared of the most serious charge – helping plan the September 2004 attack.
If found guilty of that charge, he could have faced a death sentence.
The Islamic preacher said he rejected the verdict, and would appeal the decision.
Chief Judge Yohannes Binti said Hidayat was “legally and convincingly” guilty of being an accessory to the embassy bombings, according to the French news agency AFP…