He received a three-year suspended sentence in 2007 for publishing jokes on politics, religion and sex.
In the end, the five-year sentence was harsher than the three-year suspended sentence newspapers had predicted.
Amir's lawyer Henry Blaxland argued for a suspended sentence that would allow his immediate release.
Thirteen were jailed for between three and 13 years, while one received a suspended sentence.
One was given a community order and the other a 16-week suspended sentence at Merthyr Crown Court.
He spent four months in custody before being convicted over the attack and given a suspended sentence.
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He was given a six-month suspended sentence and ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid community work.
He was later given an 18-month suspended sentence by a Munich court after Lux filed assault charges.
In 1997 he received a suspended sentence for false book-keeping but that conviction was reversed on appeal.
Last week, Hrant Dink, a journalist of Armenian-Turkish descent, was given a six-month suspended sentence for insulting Turkish nationality.
She was given a four month suspended sentence last year after Colchester Borough Council brought the action against the family.
In February, US businessman John Napoli, 51, of Sevenoaks, Kent, was given a 12-month suspended sentence for unauthorised deposit taking.
Previously, Ellis admitted affray and received a suspended sentence which has been activated after he failed to comply with another order.
But it was not clear if he was referring to a suspended sentence imposed in 2006 (after torture, Mr Gao alleged).
Prosecuting Sian Vaughan said Brooks was already the subject of a curfew order, having breached a previous suspended sentence for another matter.
He is currently serving a suspended sentence for a separate assault on ex-Manchester City colleague Ousmane Dabo in a training ground row.
The PSNI assistant chief constable told politicians that those criminals involved in fuel smuggling were more likely to get a suspended sentence.
She also admitted wasting police time and was given a suspended sentence.
Following Mr Gray's death, Dr Ubani was handed a nine-month suspended sentence by a German court after he admitted causing death by negligence.
Last week, six of the 11 care workers who admitted the neglect or abuse of patients were jailed, and five more given a suspended sentence.
In an unusual move, the public prosecutor has reopened charges against a minor author, who was given a suspended sentence last year for writing atheist tracts.
The WICB disciplinary committee had said they would prefer for Samuels not to face a ban, recommending a suspended sentence on account of Samuels' good behaviour.
The case went to trial with lightning speed, and last week a court in Almaty convicted Mr Abilov of slander, giving him an 18-month suspended sentence.
He also admitted breaking the suspended sentence by taking a car from a driveway in Dawlish, in February, and writing it off on the A379 to Teignmouth.
In 2005, a Paris court imposed a suspended sentence of 15 months on Drut for taking money from fictitious jobs linked to public construction contracts from 1990-92.
Reid was already subject to a suspended sentence after he obtained credit while bankrupt and sold four vehicles which should have been handed over to the Official Receiver.
The judge rejected calls for a suspended sentence saying that while Bather drove the wrong way for only one-tenth of a mile (0.16 km), it was very dangerous.
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Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- An Istanbul court slapped a world-renowned musician Monday with a 10-month suspended sentence for posting a series of tweets that poked fun at Islamic descriptions of heaven.
Of the other defendants, Dr Philippe van Winkelberg and Christophe Letien received a one-year suspended sentence, and Alain Peligat and journalist Marie-Agnes Peleran were each given six-month suspended terms, French media reports.
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