REACTION AFTER BALI BOMBER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS

(21 Jun 2012) STORYLINE:
An Indonesian militant was convicted of helping to build the massive car bomb used in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks and sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday, concluding the trial for the case's last main defendant.
Known as "Demolition Man," Umar Patek, 45, is a leading member of the al-Qaida-linked network Jemaah Islamiyah.
He was found guilty of all charges by the West Jakarta District Court of violating the country's anti-terror law for his role in the October 12, 2002 Bali resort island attacks that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
The five-member judge panel concluded Patek played an important role in building the explosives used in the Bali bombings.
He was also sentenced for his involvement in Jakarta church attacks on Christmas Eve in 2000 that killed 19.
Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Patek, who was accused of illegal weapons possession, concealing terrorist acts,
immigration violations and premeditated murder in the Bali bombings.
The Bali bombings marked Indonesia's deadliest militant strike.


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