Former Mauritanian President Muhammad Khuna Wald Hidallah is to lodge an appeal against his conviction of plotting a coup to overthrow the current head of the West-African country. Wald Hidallah, who vehemently denied planning the ouster of Preident Muawiya Wald Sidi Ahmad Taya was handed a five-year suspended jail term and ordered to pay $1,550.
| "It wudn't me! Yez gotta b'lieve me! It wudn't me!" |
"This verdict is not just and does not reflect the proceedings that took place in front of the court during this long trial and we are going to lodge an appeal with the supreme court", said Wald Hidallah.
| "Yeah! That's it! They'll believe me!" |
Of the 14 others on trial for the past four weeks in the country, eight were given suspended prison terms of two to five years and fined. Six others were acquitted and released. Speaking to Aljazeera, following the sentencing, Ali Wald Sniba, spokesperson for Wald Hidallah said: "it is an unfair sentence as it is based on wrong judgement". |