Two other defendants in the case were freed.
No group had claimed responsibility for the killing of Hassan in 2004.
(Reuters, dpa)
RFE/RL Iraq Report
RFE/RL Iraq Report
(RFE/RL) June 5, 2006 -- A Baghdad court today sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison after he was convicted of abducting and killing an Iraqi-British aid worker, Margaret Hassan.
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