US Soldier Convicted For Threatening To Kill His Girlfriend Is Sentenced to Almost Four Years in a Russian Penal Colony
Against the background of rising tensions between the US and Russia, an American soldier was detained back in May in the Russian city of Vladivostok.
He was held on charges of theft and threats to kill his girlfriend, and has now been found guilty and sentenced to three years and nine months in a Russian penal colony.
New York Post reported:
“Gordon Black, a 34-year-old US staff sergeant who was detained on May 2 in Vladivostok in Russia’s far east, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of threatening to kill his girlfriend but admitted he was “partially” guilty of stealing from her.
Black’s defense lawyer will appeal the verdict,
