Hotari, 25, who was born in Kuwait, was sentenced to eight years in jail with hard labor,Mohammed Shehada, 25, a Jordanian, was sentenced to three years in jail with hard labor. The court initially on Wednesday sentenced al-Hotari, who also was convicted of possessing a Kalashnikov gun, to life in jail with hard labor but decided to reduce the sentence to give him time to repent, the Associated Press reported. The verdict can be appealed.
