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Club manager jailed

Published:Thursday | August 20, 2009 | 9:27 AM

The former manager of a nightclub in Argentina\'s capital, Buenos Aires, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for a fire which killed 194 people in 2004.



Crowds outside the court cheered after the sentence was announced for Omar Chaban.



A policeman and three fire safety officials were also jailed.



Members of a rock band who had helped organise the club night were acquitted.



The fire was reportedly started by a flare, but hundreds of people were trapped inside because the fire doors had been locked.