Aiden Aslin, from Newark, has been sentenced to death after being captured fighting for the Ukrainian Marines. Alongside fellow British fighter Shaun Pinner and Moroccan man Saaudun Brahim, he was faced with the death penalty in the supreme court of the self-declared People’s Republic of Donetsk.
The trio were made to ‘plead guilty’ to the charges in front of TV cameras. Upon hearing this news, Diane Lukes, 52, who lives in Balderton, where Aiden's family live, said: “It’s awful, absolutely awful, she’s [Aiden's mum] going to be absolutely beside herself.”
Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary, said: "I utterly condemn the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner held by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine. They are prisoners of war. This is a sham judgement with absolutely no legitimacy. My thoughts are with the families. We continue to do everything we can to support them."
