Newark MP Robert Jenrick has blasted the sentencing of a Nottinghamshire man to death as a 'disgusting Soviet-era style show trial'. It has been reported that Aiden Aslin, 28, from Newark, who was captured by Russian forces in April while fighting for Ukraine, has now been handed a death sentence by a Russian court.
He was captured while fighting for the Ukrainian Marines and has been used as a bargaining chip by Vladimir Putin's regime for the release of a pro-Russian politician being held in Ukraine. Mr Aslin moved to Ukraine in 2018 and later joined the armed forces.
Fellow Briton Shaun Pinner, 48, also appeared at a court in the separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). It is claimed by state-owned Russian news agency RIA that the pair have admitted "training in order to carry out terrorist activities".
