Tahawwur Rana sentenced to 14 years in jail

January 17, 2013

Tahawwur Rana, an accomplice of convicted terrorist David Headley, was today sentenced to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release by a US court for providing material support to Pakistan-based LeT and for backing a plot to strike a Danish newspaper.

Fifty-two-year-old Pakistani-Canadian Rana was sentenced by the Chicago federal court despite his defence attorneys seeking a lighter sentence of not more than a 9-year jail term, citing his poor health.

US prosecutors had sought 30 years' for Rana, who his lawyers said was duped into participation by his school-time friend Headley.