Prison Beckons

A Yemeni Court has passed down a ten-year prison sentence for two Somalis convicted of piracy crimes in the Yemeni territorial waters.

During the hearing chaired by Judge Abdu al-Awadhi, the court convicted Mohamed Ahmed Yousef Mohamed and Mahmoud Mohamed Hasan Fareh, Somali nationals, of attacking and kidnapping ships in the international and territorial waters of Yemen.

The verdict also ruled to confiscate the boat used by the pirates.