War crimes judges on Wednesday sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to one year imprisonment for bribing witnesses in his main trial, and ordered he pay a 300,000 euro fine.
"The chamber imposes on you an additional 12 months, one year imprisonment," presiding judge Bertram Schmitt told Bemba. He added it must be served consecutively to an 18-year-term Bemba is already serving after being convicted of commanding war crimes by his marauding troops in the Central African Republic in 2002 to 2003.
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