An Indonesian court sentenced Bali bomber Ali Imron...

An Indonesian court sentenced Bali bomber Ali Imron to life imprisonment for helping to organise and carry out the 2002 bombings that killed 202 people. The sentence was tougher than the 20 years prosecutors had sought. Ali Imron, who says he learnt the science of war, including bomb-making in Afghanistan in 1991, admitted building the Sari Club bomb and training the two suicide bombers who destroyed the Sari and Paddy's bars. But Imron's admissions to police clearly set out the details of the Bali plot, and his expressions of remorse, at times made in tears, caused prosecutors to seek only a 20-year sentence. During his trial Imron admitted his guilt and repeatedly apologised to witnesses. He is the only Bali bombing accused to publicly express remorse. "I am guilty and I can only seek forgiveness from my family, my friends, the family of victims and the victims," Imron told the trial.