WTF??? Bloody title is wrong too....It sounds like they have been got at, admit it or die type scenario, though asking if he would plead guilty to "AN" offence is different to "To" the offence, which maybe just poor reporting?
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British soldiers captured in Russia 'plead guilty to terrorism activities'
Two British soldiers captured by Russian forces have reportedly pleaded guilty to carrying out ‘terrorist activities’.Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner could face up to 20 years behind bars.
The men
were detained in April while fighting in Ukraine, and have now appeared in court in the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) region.
Mr Aslin and Mr Pinner have admitted to ‘training in order to carry out terrorist activities’.
In footage shared by the Russian news outlet Ria Novosti on Wednesday, a translator asks Mr Aslin if he would ‘
plead guilty’ to an offence, to which he replies: ‘Yes.’
The video then appears to show the two Brits in the dock alongside a third man, believed to be Moroccan national Saaudun Brahim.
The charge Mr Aslin faces carries a term of 15 to 20 years’ imprisonment, according to Ria Novosti.
Mr Pinner is also said to face a longer term and even the death penalty after allegedly admitting to ‘seizing power by force’.
Mr Jenrick told BBC Radio 4’s World At One programme: ‘This is a British citizen, but who also holds Ukrainian nationality, is married to a Ukrainian, joined the Ukrainian armed forces in the normal way prior to Putin’s illegal invasion, and has been serving in the armed forces.
‘He was taken prisoner by Russian forces and in accordance with international law and the Geneva Convention, he should be being held appropriately and returned to Ukraine at the earliest possible opportunity, possibly through a prisoner exchange.
‘Instead of that Putin’s regime have chosen to put him and another British national, Shaun Pinner, on trial on trumped up charges, no evidence whatsoever.
‘This is, I’m afraid, a completely outrageous breach of international law and it should be condemned.’
British soldiers captured in Russia 'plead guilty to terrorism activities' (msn.com)