Denpasar, Sept 8 (ZEENEWS.COM) Indonesia sentenced a young Islamic bomb-maker to 18 years in prison here today for his role in last year's triple suicide attacks on the resort island of Bali.

Mohammad Cholily, 28, smiled and gave the thumbs-up after getting the sentence, which was three years longer than had been recommended by prosecutors.

"In the eyes of Allah there is no guilty person," he said.

The verdict came just hours after another militant, 33-year-old Dwi Widyarto, was handed eight years for his role in the bombings, which killed 20 bystanders, in another court.

Cholily learned his deadly craft from the late master Malaysian bomb-maker Azahari Husin, and Judge Gusti Ngurah Astawa said the accused was a "dangerous" man who deserved a stiff prison sentence.

"The crime of this defendant increased fear, particularly in Bali and generally across Indonesia," he said. "It ruined tourism in Bali and Indonesia. It was an extraordinary crime - and a crime against humanity."

But the judge said he had refrained from handing down an even longer prison term for Cholily, who was found guilty of supplying the equipment used in the attacks, because the bomb-maker had admitted his crime.

Cholily was arrested last year with a backpack bomb that he was believed to be delivering to militants from the group of Noordin Mohammad top, who along with the late Azahari was considered to be the mastermind of the 2005 attacks.