Dokic`s Estranged Father Gets 15 Months In Prison

`The sentence is inappropriate and we are going to appeal`, Dokic`s lawyer Bosiljka Djukic told Reuters.

Jelena Dokic's estranged father Damir has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for making death threats against the Australian ambassador in Belgrade, his lawyer said on Thursday.

"The sentence is inappropriate and we are going to appeal," Dokic's lawyer Bosiljka Djukic told Reuters.

"We hope that the higher court instance will annul this sentence."

Dokic was arrested in early May after local media reports quoting him as saying he would "attack the ambassador and her husband with a stinger missile."

Police found two hand grenades and 20 bullets in his house for which Dokic had no permit, in addition to seven hunting rifles and a handgun which he owned legally.

Dokic's alleged threats came after his daughter Jelena, once ranked fourth on the WTA tour and battling to rediscover her form, was quoted in Australia's Sports & Style magazine as describing the torment she endured under him.

Their fallout began in 1999, when Damir was cautioned for drunk and disorderly behaviour at the Edgbaston tournament in England and then lay down in traffic outside the courts.

The acrimonious relationship between father and daughter hit a new low in January at the Australian Open, when Jelena ruled out any chance of a reconciliation.