SHOTLIST : 1. Mid of defendant being led into temporary detention at Denpasar district court house 2. Wide of court room exterior 3. Wide of interior of courtroom, defendant sitting in chair with face covered by orange shirt 4. Close-up of defendant 5. Judge Gunawan Tri Budiono, opening the trial by striking gavel 6. Mid of defendant in chair, judge in the background 7. Mid of prosecutor, I Wayan Widana 8. Close-up from behind defendant 9. Wide of trial 10. Mid of photographers 11. Pan from defendant's lawyer to judge and defendant 12. Mid of judge closing the trial 13. Mid of audience 14. Tracking shot of defendant leaving courtroom escorted by lawyer 15. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Ahmad Hadiana, Defence lawyer: "The verdict handed down by the judge was very light and the defendant states that he accepts the sentence." 16. Sign of Denpasar district court 17. Wide exterior of Denpasar district court STORYLINE : A 17-year-old Japanese boy was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday for possessing a small amount of marijuana while vacationing with family on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Judge Gunawan Tri Budiono told the Denpasar district court that though the boy could have faced up to 12 years under Indonesia's tough narcotics laws, he decided to be lenient in passing sentence as the teenager was still young, has a future ahead of him, and bought the drugs for personal use. "The verdict handed down by the judge was very light and the defendant states that he accepts the sentence," said defence lawyer Ahmad Hadiana. The teen, who cannot be named under Indonesian law because of his age, has been detained in a police cell since August 8, after buying drugs near popular Kuta beach and authorities found 2.6 grams (0.09 ounces) of marijuana at his pocket while vacationing with his mother. Budiono said the boy would be freed in February next year, when taking into account time already served, and immediately deported. Last year, a 14-year-old Australian boy avoided prison after serving two months in an Indonesian detention centre for buying drugs. The court also showed leniency after he expressed remorse and was able to prove it was for personal use. You can license this story through AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/38bb9c8f7c2a01b74bb5351214c4fec9 Find out more about AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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