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Mercenaries from Britain and Morocco partially plead guilty in Donetsk court
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[RIA Novosti] British citizens Sean Pinner and Aiden Aslin, as well as Moroccan citizen Saadoun Brahim, who fought on the side of Ukraine, partially admitted their guilt, follows from a video from the meeting published by the DPR Supreme Court. The detainees admitted to violating Article 232 of the Criminal Code of the DPR "Training in order to carry out terrorist activities." Crimes under this article are punishable by imprisonment for a term of 15 to 20 years with restriction of freedom for a term of one to two years or life imprisonment. The investigation claims that the British and the Moroccan took part in the armed aggression of Ukraine to forcibly seize power in the DPR for a fee. In addition, Pinner and Brahim also pleaded guilty to actions aimed at seizing power by force, a crime provided for by Article 323 of the Criminal Code of the DPR. It is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 12 to 20 years with restriction of freedom for a term of up to two years, and in the presence of aggravating circumstances or in wartime - by the death penalty with confiscation of property. At the same time, both of them did not plead guilty under part 3 of Article 430 - "Participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict or hostilities." The British Sean Pinner, Aiden Aslin and the Moroccan Saadoun Brahim surrendered in Mariupol in mid-April. The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry , Major General Igor Konashenkov , stressed that "the mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine are not combatants, the best thing that awaits them is a long term in prison." The day before, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said that the British government intends to file a protest in connection with the criminal case against Aslin. Posted by: badanov 2022-06-09 |
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