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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Trial to start for sailor accused of igniting Navy warship

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According to prosecutors, Ryan Sawyer Mays was a young, arrogant sailor angry about being assigned to deck duty after failing to become a Navy SEAL — and he made the Navy pay in a big way.

But the prosecution has presented no physical evidence proving that Mays, 21, set the USS Bonhomme Richard on fire, a fact defense lawyers plan to highlight at the sailor's court martial that is scheduled to start Monday at Naval Base San Diego.

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