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Europe

Germany: Somali gets 12 years for tanker hijacking

2014-04-18

BERLIN -- A German court has sentenced a Somali man to 12 years in prison for helping lead a group of pirates who seized a German-operated oil tanker in 2010.

The Osnabrueck state court said in a statement that the man was convicted Thursday of kidnapping and extortion in the hijacking of the Marida Marguerite off Somalia. In keeping with German privacy rules, it didnУЂТТt give the 44-year-oldУЂТТs name.

There's a dumb rule...

The defendant was arrested last May at a center for asylum seekers in Germany.

And there's a dumb pirate, seeking asylum in the same country that flagged the ship...

The court says the Marida MargueriteУЂТТs 22 crewmembers were tortured during the hijacking УЂТТ which ended after more than seven months with a $5 million ransom payment. It says the defendant was one of the last pirates to leave the ship.

Posted by:Steve White

#4 Well, that might also be an upside.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-04-18 21:04

#3 no Khat

Posted by: Frank G 2014-04-18 20:52

#2 12 years of being better fed, clothed and medically observed and cared for than in his entire life. Downside?

Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-04-18 18:35

#1 He get 12 years of room and board. The money launders who backed these operations keep their stash. If there was a justification for some 'wet jobs' in the shadows, those behind all of this seem to come close to qualification.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-04-18 09:05