On Monday, Two former officials were sentenced to 15 years in jail over a palace coup attempt that sparked a crisis in a kingdom seen as a regional oasis of stability by the Jordanian court.
Former royal court chief Bassem Awadallah and an ex-envoy to Saudi Arabia, Sharif Hassan Bin Zaid , had been convicted of conspiring to topple King Abdullah 2 in favour of his half-brother Prince Hamzah.
The former crown prince himself was not on trail.
But the 13-page charge sheet said Hamzah , 41, “was determined to fulfill his personal ambition to rule, in violation of the Hashemite constitution and customs”.
Journalists at a makeshift media center outside the State Security Court, a military tribunal that also includes civilian judges, were later shown shorts videos of the ruling being issued.
The men’s lawyer said they would appeal.
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