Wau Special Court on December’s violence on Monday sentenced three state members of parliament for rallying behind the youth against Wau County headquarter transfer to Bagari.
MPs John Richard, Julius Benzensio, and Angelo Marcello, plus Youth leader Anthony Sokoni and three more youths, were condemned to two years in prison.The three youth were arrested before the Wau-Bussere road closure.
Judge Buga Ajwaj Maker declared that the sentences should be counted as from the date of arrest.
The Judge also condemned another eight youths to five years of prison for jointly blocking the road and burning business trucks along the Wau-Bussere road in December last year.
He said the eight convicts were proven guilty of burning a number of business trucks on the December 9, 2012 and of blocking a public road.
Monday’s ruling sentenced 14 suspects and marked the end of the special court created in January this year to handle the cases on Wau December’s violence.