almotamar.net - The Specialised Criminal Court in Yemen on Saturday condemned defendant Bashir Mohammed Raweh of his affiliation with the Jihad Group and al-Qaeda organisation and that is in its second sitting of his trial.
The Judge Muhsin Alwan, chairman of the court decided to give the defendant five-year sentence staring from the date of his arrest.
Representative of prosecution had in the sitting of last Tuesday read the indictment which included that Raweh had forged a passport, impersonation of his brother Sanad and using it in travelling to Iraq as well as misleading authorities at the airports of Sana'a, Cairo and Damascus.
In reply to a question by the court the defendant said he received a sum of 4000 Saudi riyals from a person called Khalil who told him to go to Iraq for jihad and coordination with other persons to receive him at the airport.
Judicial sources revealed to almotamar.net that the defendant Bashir Raweh Nouman was arrested in Syria late of the Hegira month Muharam last year while he was leaving for a training camp of Fatah al-Islam, affiliate of al-Qaeda organisation before he was handed over to Yemen.
Defendant affiliate of al-Qaeda got five-year sentence
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