Pakistan court commutes death sentence of key accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl: lawyer via syedraza_hassan
FILE PHOTO: British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is surrounded by armed police as he arrives at a court in Karachi, Pakistan March 29, 2002. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein/File Photo
“The court has commuted Omar’s death sentence to a seven year sentence,” Khawaja Naveed, the defence lawyer told Reuters by telephone. “The murder charges were not proven, so he has given seven years for the kidnapping.” A two-member bench of the High Court of Sindh province issued the order in the city of Karachi on Thursday, Naveed said, adding that the three others, who had been serving life-sentences in connection with the case, had been acquitted.
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