Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, and his wife have been sentenced to 17 additional years in jail over charges of corruption and grifting.
Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, received the sentence in the Toshakhana-2 case, which charged them with fraud for intentionally undervaluing a Bulgari jewelry set that had been gifted to them by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon in 2021, The BBC and Bloomberg reported.
The verdict, handed down late Friday during a hearing at the jail Khan is at, also includes a roughly $54,000 fine, is just the latest in a series of charges and trials he has faced since leaving office.
Khan and Bibi may be permitted to serve the new sentences concurrent to their previous sentences, according to reports.
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