Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters have been convicted of illegally living in Pakistan by one of the country's courts and jailed for 45 days.

Family lawyer Mohammed Amir Khalil said the verdict gave his clients credit for time served.

They have been in detention since last May when US commandos killed bin Laden at the house in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad where he was living with his family.

Mr Khalil said they were formally arrested on March 3, so they will serve another two weeks in prison and then will be deported with their children. He did not say where they would be deported to.

Two of the widows are Saudi and one is Yemeni.

It is unclear whether Saudi Arabia and Yemen will consent to their return. Saudi Arabia stripped bin Laden of his citizenship in 1994 because his behaviour was seen to be in conflict with the interests of the country.

Islamabad was outraged by the US raid that killed bin Laden because it was not told about it beforehand. Pakistani officials have said they had no idea the al Qaeda chief was in Abbottabad, something many in Washington found hard to believe because his compound was close to Pakistan's equivalent of Sandhurst.

Bin Laden lived in five safe houses over the course of nine years while on the run in Pakistan and fathered four children.