An American who played a key role in the 2008 militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai has been given a 35-year sentence by a judge in the United States. David Coleman Headley had pleaded guilty in a court in Chicago to conducting scouting missions on behalf of 11 Pakistani militants who killed more than 160 people. From Washington, Jonny Dymond reports.
2008年印度孟买发生一场军事袭击，一名美国人在其中发挥关键作用，目前此人被美国法官判以35年徒刑。在芝加哥法庭上，大卫?科尔曼?赫德利认罪，包括为11名杀害160多人的巴基斯坦武装分子做侦察任务。约翰尼?戴蒙德在华盛顿报道。
David Headley changed his name from Daood Gilani so as to avoid raising suspicions of the Indian authorities as he travelled in and out of the country. He was arrested in late 2009 and cooperated fully with the American authorities. It was that cooperation that led to Thursday's relatively light sentence. He faced life in prison, but with a time limited sentence and the possibility of parole, he now has a chance of spending some part of his life outside prison.
大卫?赫德利出入印度时改名换姓，以免于引起印度当局的怀疑。他于2009年末被捕，对美国当局很合作。也正是如此，周四的判决相对较轻。他面临终身监禁、有期徒刑和保释的集会，现在他有机会在狱外度过一段人生。
