GDN:Conviction stands

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Conviction stands
Published: 29th DECEMBER 2008

TWO teenagers convicted of hurling a Molotov cocktail at a police station yesterday lost an appeal to reduce their sentences.

The Bahrainis, aged 17 and 19, were convicted by the High Criminal Court, which jailed each of them for six months.

They lodged an appeal to reduce their sentence, which was rejected by the Supreme Criminal Appeals Court.

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Conviction stands
Published: 29th DECEMBER 2008

TWO teenagers convicted of hurling a Molotov cocktail at a police station yesterday lost an appeal to reduce their sentences.

The Bahrainis, aged 17 and 19, were convicted by the High Criminal Court, which jailed each of them for six months.

They lodged an appeal to reduce their sentence, which was rejected by the Supreme Criminal Appeals Court.

The students hurled a Molotov cocktail on the garage roof of the Hamad Town police station, last November.

However, policemen controlled the fire before it could spread to the rest of the building.

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