Split decision convicts former bin Laden driver

A JURY of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay reached a split verdict yesterday in the war crimes trial of a former driver for Osama bin Laden, clearing him of some charges, but convicting him of others that could send him to prison for life.

Split decision convicts former bin Laden driver

The Pentagon-selected jury deliberated for about eight hours over three days before convicting Salim Hamdan of supporting terrorism. He was cleared of the conspiracy charge.

Hamdan, who faces a maximum life sentence, held his head in his hands and wept at the defence table after a US Navy captain presiding over the jury read the sentence. The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing for late yesterday.

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