(AKI) - The former imam at Milan's central mosque, Abu Imad, was on Thursday sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to carry out a terrorist act. Ten other people were also jailed for the same offence, receiving sentences that varied from 2 to 10 years, while four others were acquitted due to a lack of evidence against them. Milan prosecutors had asked for jailterms ranging from four years and six months to 15 years for all the defendants. Imad and his co-defendants had allegedly set up a Salafite cell that was active in Milan and elsewhere in the northern Lombardy region. The cell's mission is believed to have been recruiting suicide bombers, trafficking illegal immigrants and indoctrination.