(WARSOM.COM PARIS) Paris court has sentenced four of the six Somalis pirates charged with holding the crew of a luxury ship hostage in the Gulf of Aden in 2008 to between four and 10 years in jail.<\/p>\n
Two other accused were released in a surprise decision after the prosecution had called for sentences of up to 15 years for the men.<\/p>\n
The pirates seized 30 crew members of the luxury yacht Le Ponant in the pirate-infested waters in April 2008 and held
\nthem for ransom. <\/p>\n
French special forces arrested the six men, aged 25 to 50, in an airborne operation after a ransom had been paid.<\/p>\n
Only one of them, Ismael Ali Samatar, admitted to being a pirate. He received the heaviest 10-year sentence. Two
\nothers admitted to having been aboard the elegant 88-metre three-master but only to sell goats, cigarettes and the mild narcotic khat.<\/p>\n
The other three deny ever having set foot on the boat.<\/p>\n
The two youngest men were released after having spent four years in a French jail.<\/p>\n
A total of 22 Somalis are being held by France in connection with four hostage-taking incidents.<\/p>\n
Last year a Paris court jailed five pirates for between four and eight years for hijacking the Carre d’As in the Gulf of
\nAden in September 2008. A sixth alleged pirate was acquitted.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors are appealing those sentences as being too lenient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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