article_snippet: It will now be up to the defence team to try to get the sentence reduced, or even thrown out.
article_snippet: The court will resume next week when the defence begins the defence case.
article_snippet: Jail sentences of less than 20 years for each of the defendants are far more lenient than the death penalty or lifetime in prison that many had expected to be handed down for the gruesome crime.
article_snippet: The hearing will now move onto the next stage - when the argument is put forward by the defence.
article_snippet: the defence is estimated that the defence will be at least a month before the judges make the final decision on whether the pair are guilty.
highlights_snippet: Prosecutor spared them death penalty and defense begins case next week .