Aiden Aslin has been told his execution in Russian-occupied Ukraine will be carried out, his family say
British citizen Aiden Aslin has been sentenced on charges of ‘terrorism’ by a court not internationally recognised.British citizen Aiden Aslin has been sentenced on charges of ‘terrorism’ by a court not internationally recognised.A British man sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court for fighting inAiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48,by a court that is not internationally recognised earlier this month in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic .
“Aiden was extremely upset when he called his mother this morning. The bottom line is Aiden has said the DPR has told him nobody from the UK has made contact, and that he will be executed. The Foreign Office is known to be investigating cases of British nationals who have been detained in Ukraine and is providing support to the families of Aslin and Pinner, from Bedfordshire. The two British men and a Moroccan national, reported to be Saaudun Brahim, were captured in April while fighting in the Ukrainian army in the city of Mariupol.
The Russian proxy court claimed that the pair were “mercenaries”, accusing them of being sent to fight in a foreign conflict for money.
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