Two British nationals and one Moroccan who were captured by Russian forces in Ukraine were sentenced to death on Thursday, Russian news agencies reported.
British and Ukrainian national Aiden Aslin, 28, British national Shaun Pinner, 48, and Saadoun Brahima, a young Moroccan national, were all sentenced to death after pleading guilty to the charges, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
RIA Novosti said the three convicted will be shot. It also said the head of the judicial board said that the convicted can appeal their sentences within a month.
The report referred to the three as “mercenaries,” and said they pleaded guilty to actions aimed at seizing power by force on Wednesday. It also said Aslin pleaded guilty to “training in order to carry out terrorist activities.”…