A Moscow court has sentenced a second former U.S. Marine to a long jail term in a trial that has fueled concerns the American ex-servicemen may have been targeted in Russia for political reasons.
ABC News' Patrick Reevell explains what it could mean for Russia if Vladimir Putin remains in power until 2036.A Moscow court has sentenced a second former U.S. Marine to a long jail term in a trial that has fueled concerns the American ex-servicemen may have been targeted inTrevor Reed, a 29-year-old from Texas, was sentenced to nine years in a prison colony on Thursday, convicted on charges of violently assaulting two police officers.and that there was no evidence to support them.
Former U.S. 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, July 30, 2020.The details of Reed's case are very different and initially the family said they hoped Reed was the victim of a corrupt judicial process and that there was no political angle to the case. But in recent months they had become increasingly alarmed.
Two officers arrived and agreed to take Reed to a police station to sober up. Tsybulnik said she was told to come back and pick him up in a few hours. But when she returned she said she found things had changed. Reed now allegedly had bruises on his face and agents from Russia's powerful domestic intelligence agency, the FSB, arrived to question him.
Former U.S. 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, July 30, 2020.Prosecutors nonetheless have treated it as a life-threatening attack on the officers. The nine-year sentence was the maximum possible for the offense."I think anyone who has eyes and ears and who has been in this courtroom knows that I'm not guilty," Reed told reporters in court Thursday.
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