Russian court upholds nine-year sentence for U.S. ex-Marine Reed


  • World
  • Monday, 28 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO U.S. ex-Marine Trevor Reed who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers stands inside a defendants cage during a court hearing in Moscow Russia March 11 2020. REUTERSTatyana MakeyevaFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: U.S. ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year prison sentence for Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine who was convicted last year of endangering the lives of two police officers in August 2019, charges he denies.

U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan, who returned to Moscow last week after leaving in April amid a diplomatic crisis, said he regretted the court's decision.

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