Abu Ghraib soldier gets jail term

Harman was photographed posing with a dead prisoner

A US army reservist found guilty of abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison has been sentenced to six months in jail by a military jury.

Specialist Sabrina Harman was the last of nine soldiers to be tried over the abuse, which became notorious after photographs became public.

Harman could have faced five-and-a-half years in jail, though prosecutors asked the jury to give her three.

During sentencing the 27-year-old apologised for the mistreatment.

Harman said she had failed her "mission to protect and defend".

"I not only let down the people in Iraq, but I let down every single soldier that serves today," she added.

On Monday she was found guilty on six of seven counts by a panel of four officers and four senior enlisted soldiers after a hearing at Fort Hood, Texas.

Harman was convicted on four counts of mistreating detainees, one count of conspiracy, and one count of dereliction of duty.

She was cleared on one charge of mistreating prisoners by photographing and filming prisoners forced to masturbate at the jail.

With credit for time served, Harman's actual sentence will be just more than four months. She will also receive a bad conduct discharge.

Charles Graner, the ringleader of the abuse, was sentenced to 10 years at a court-martial in January.