International Criminal Court hits Congolese warlord with longest-ever sentence

The International Criminal Court has sentenced former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years in prison for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.

At Thursday's sentencing, Judge Robert Fremr said there were no real mitigating circumstances and issued the 30-year sentence, the longest handed down by the Hague court to date in its 17-year history. "The crimes for which Mr Ntaganda has been convicted, despite their gravity and his degree of culpability, do not warrant a sentence of life in prison," Mr Fremr said.He is appealing his conviction.

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