- ARAB NEWS
- 19 Apr 2024
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CAIRO: The Jordanian State Security Court has jailed an ex-royal court advisor and a member of the royal family on Monday for 15 years, after they pleaded guilty to plotting to destabilize the country and harm the monarchy.
The court had been trying Bassem Awadallah, a US citizen and former top aide to the Jordanian king, and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a member of the royal family, who were arrested in April over an alleged plot against the kingdom involving Prince Hamzah, the king’s half-brother and a former crown prince.
On Monday the Jordanian State Security Court said the defendants in the sedition case had a close relationship and harbored anti-state and anti-king motives.
The court said the first defendant, Awadallah, had plotted against the king, and that both defendants had tried to implement their anti-state ideals by causing chaos.
