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In its first verdict for crimes against humanity committed when East Timor broke from Indonesia in 1999, a Timorese court sentenced 10 former pro-Indonesia militiamen to prison terms ranging from 4 to 33 years.

A look of relief washed over his face as the second verdict, for multiple killings in a three-year period, was read.

Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara and Santigie Borbor Kanu were convicted on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the first verdicts from the special court for Sierra Leone.

Glossip was convicted twice of Van Treese's death, once in 1998 and again in 2004 after his first verdict was thrown out for ineffective council.

Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner, the international justice advocacy director at Human Rights Watch, said: "Guilty or innocent, the ICC's first verdict is a landmark moment for international justice.

The first verdict signals a major triumph for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has made prosecution of 1971 war crimes a key goal of her government.

Jurors deliberated for 2 hours 15 minutes before reaching the verdict just before 9 p.m. Chmura began to cry, his jaw trembling as the first verdict was read.

(The first verdict was reversed on appeal).

Its first verdict is expected any day.

Mr. Kimes, 25, who struggled to contain his emotions throughout the trial, winced and swallowed as the first guilty verdict for murder was read.

The judgment – described in France as spectacular – is the first positive verdict for Kerviel in his eight-year battle to throw the spotlight back onto the bank which he claims was well aware of his trading which initially generated profits before going wrong.