An Indonesian court today sentenced two men each to 42 months jail for providing refuge to two Malaysian terror suspects wanted for deadly bombing attacks.

Judges in two separate trials ruled that Agus Budi Pranoto, 26, and Lutfi Haidaroh, 26, were guilty of concealing information about Noordin Mohammad Top and Azahari Husin and allowed them to stay for two months at their house.

The court heard that in April 2004 Pranoto and Haidaroh were living in a warehouse owned by a Muslim cleric in the city of Surabaya where they were introduced to Noordin and Azahari.

Pranoto said he was not aware that his guests were fugitive terror suspects and that Noordin and Azahari used false names when he was introduced to them.

The pair used the names Zein and Amien.

Haidaroh made a similar statement later at his trial.

Bombmakers

Noordin and Azahari, an explosive expert, are wanted for their alleged roles in several deadly attacks including the October 2002 Bali bombings and the bombing of Jakarta's JW Marriot hotel in August 2003.

Police have also accused them of launching the bomb attack on the Australian embassy here in September which killed 12 people and injured over 200 others.

The Bali bombings killed 202 mostly foreign holiday makers while the Marriott strike left 12 people dead including a Dutch banker. The three attacks have been blamed on the Jemaah Islamiyah regional extremist network.

Pranoto demanded time to decide whether to appeal while Haidaroh said he would not appeal although he felt he had been treated "unfairly" by the court.