(CNN) -- A Tunisian military court has sentenced former President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali to five years in prison, the state-run Tunisian News Agency said Wednesday.
Ben Ali was sentenced in absentia late Tuesday for his role in a 1991 case in which 17 servicemen were accused of plotting a coup against his regime, the agency Tunis Afrique Presse said.
The defense plans to appeal, it added.
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