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| A US man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his key role in plotting the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008. | A US man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his key role in plotting the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008. |
| David Coleman Headley, 52, was sentenced on 12 counts, including conspiracy to aid militants from the Pakistani group Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) who carried out the attacks. | |
| Headley pleaded guilty and cooperated to avoid the death penalty and extradition to India. | Headley pleaded guilty and cooperated to avoid the death penalty and extradition to India. |
| More than 160 people were killed by gunmen during the assault. | More than 160 people were killed by gunmen during the assault. |
| US District Judge Harry Leinenweber said the sentence was not a light one. | |
| "I don't have any faith in Mr Headley when he says he's a changed person and believes in the American way of life," Judge Leinenweber said during Thursday's sentencing. | |
| Headley was born Daood Gilani to a Pakistani father and American mother but changed his name to David Coleman Headley in 2006 "to present himself in India as an American who was neither Muslim nor Pakistani", prosecutors said. | |
| He was arrested by FBI agents in Chicago in October 2009 while trying to board a plane for Philadelphia. | |
| Hadley is alleged to have told prosecutors that he had been working with LeT since 2002. | |
| Earlier this month, Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana was jailed for 14 years for his role in the 2008 attacks. |