Accused Somali pirates on trial indoors France
The six Somali men, at this moment connecting the ages of 21 and 35, are accused of seizing the Carré-dAs IV fashionable the Gulf of Aden and holding Jean-Yves Delanne and his wife, Bernadette Bignon, in favor of two weeks. The men allegedly demanded a ransom of $2 million on behalf of the announce of the connect.The pirates were arrested and brought to France when French special forces boarded the yacht and rescued the pair September 16, 2008.The assembly faces charges of hijacking, kidnapping and armed theft, according to a invite spokesperson.The trial the chief of alleged Somali pirates featuring in France is clogged to the free and is being held featuring in a juvenile patio, since single of the six was 18 years old on the instance of the hijacking.The men appearance sentences of up to 30 years stylish prison if convicted.