Sudan’s al-Bashir gets 2-year prison sentence for corruption

KHARTOUM, Dec. 14 (YPA) – The Special Criminal Court in Khartoum on Saturday sentenced Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir to two years in prison in cases of financial corruption.

Al-Bashir was convicted of “corruption” and “possession of foreign currency”, judge Al-Sadiq Abdelrahman said, charges which can carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

The court also ordered the confiscation of 6.9 million euros, $351,770 and 5.7 million Sudanese pounds ($128,000) found at al-Bashir’s home.

Instead the court, taking into account his age, ordered the 75-year-old to serve two years in a correctional centre for the elderly.

YPA