New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced to...on Friday in a sordid criminal case that could keep him locked up for years. His trial began May 12 and continued until the closing arguments by attorneys June 26.

The hip-hop mogul was convicted on July 2 of flying people around the country for sexual encounters, including his girlfriends and male sex workers.

A jury had then acquitted Combs, 55, of more serious racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could have put him away for life.

Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex crimes trial involved testimony from 34 witnesses.

A day before his sentencing, Combs apologised and expressed "how sincerely sorry I am for all of the hurt and pain that I have caused" in a letter to US ...