Death sentence against 1st convict of spying for Israel upheld

SANA'A, April 03
(Saba)- Appeal court upheld on Saturday a death sentence against the main convict of
spying
for Israel Basim al-Haidari.
The court reduced five years term in jail against the second convict Ali Mahfal to
three years and rejected appeal of the third convict Emad al-Raimi who was
sentenced three
years in prison.
The first and third convict asked appeal to the Supreme Court.
In March of 2009, the panel court sent to death Basim Al-Haidari, the main convict
in the case, five years in jail against second convict Ali Mahfal and three years
against
third convict Emad al-Raimi.
The prosecution accused Al-Haidari of being in contact with Israel through an email
which he sent to Ehud Olmert. The message reads, "We are the Jihad Organization and
you
are Jews but you are honest and we are ready for anything." The accusation said that
the Israeli response included the following: "We are ready to support you to be a
stumbling
block to the Middle East and we will support you as agents." AH|