UMAR PATEK THE DEMOLITON MAN SENTENCED ON 21 JUNE 2012

            On this date, 21 June 2012, an Indonesian court sentenced Umar Patek to 20 years in jail for murder and bomb-making. He was found guilty of all six charges, which included involvement in attacks against churches on Christmas Eve 2000. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty. During the trial Patek apologized to families of victims and maintained that he did nothing more than mix chemicals for the explosives.

            Please go to this Blog Post to learn more and watch these two videos to see his reaction.

Bali bombing mastermind Umar Patek of Indonesia attends a police reconstruction at the crime scene in Jakarta on November 2, 2011. Patek, a suspected member of the Al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), has been cooperating with police interrogators since his extradition from Pakistan, where he was arrested in January in the town where Osama bin Laden was subsequently killed by US commandos. While on the run Patek was one of Asia's most wanted terror suspects and had a 1 million USD bounty on his head under the US rewards for justice programme. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY