A courtroom in Vladivostok, Russia sentenced a US soldier to 3 years and 9 months in jail for making dying threats and theft.
Police arrested Gordon Black final month within the Far Japanese metropolis of Vladivostok, the place he had visited a Russian girl he met whereas in South Korea.
The person, who’s 34, was arrested after a lady instructed the police after an argument.
The lady accused Black of stealing about 10,000 rubles (€100) from her and mentioned he bodily assaulted her.
Black pleaded “partially responsible” to the theft and pleaded not responsible to threatening to kill the lady, Russian media reported.
Black mentioned the lady began the argument after he had been consuming alcohol.
The couple met in October 2022 on the Tinder app in South Korea and met there, and the lady invited him to return to Vladivostok.
The US tv channel “NBC Information” mentioned that the soldier went to Russia as a non-public particular person and had no official duties.
A number of US residents have been detained by Russian authorities in recent times. Critics accuse Moscow of utilizing the detainees to trade Russian residents convicted within the US.
2024-06-19 08:46:28
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