Former U. S. Marine Trevor Reed was sentenced by a Moscow court to serve nine years in prison on Thursday, the New York Timesreported. Already…
Former U. S. Marine Trevor Reed was sentenced by a Moscow court to serve nine years in prison on Thursday, the New York Timesreported.
Already imprisoned for 11 months, Reed was sentenced on charges of assaulting and endangering the lives of two Russian police officers. Reed, his supporters, and his family denied the charges, describing them as politically motivated.
« I think anyone who has eyes and ears and who has been in this courtroom knows that I’m not guilty, » Reed said. « They didn’t ask me anything about fighting police, they asked me where I served in the Marine Corps, what deployments I was on….
