In Fiji, eight men have been sentenced to between three and seven years jail over a plot to assassinate the country's self-appointed leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama. <br/><br/>All eight men were found guilty in Fiji's High Court earlier this week. They were charged with conspiring to murder the country's military leader, a charge that carries a maximum term of 14 years in jail.<br/><br/>The sentence was delivered this afternoon to a packed courtroom amid tight security. The men were charged over a 2007 plot to assassinate Commodore Bainimarama. <br/><br/>The self-appointed prime minister seized power in December 2006 in a military coup.<br/>