An Indonesian militant who handled explosives used in last year's deadly bombing of a Jakarta hotel was Thursday jailed for 12 years - the highest sentence so far handed down for the attack.
Ismail, alias Mohammad Ikhwan, was found guilty of terrorism and illegal possession of explosives used in the August 2003 suicide bombing of the Marriott hotel in which 12 people were killed.
Judge I Wayan Rena Wardana told the South Jakarta district court the defendant was "legally and convincingly proven to have engaged in a crime of terrorism" and had taken part in a crime causing "widespread terror".
Previously the highest sentence handed down in connection with the Marriott attack has been 10 years.
The bombing has been blamed on the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group, which is also held responsible for the October 2002 Bali night-club blasts in which 202 died and for numerous other attacks.
Ismail, 24, demanded time to consider an appeal but said he was unfazed by the sentence.
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