The British Parliament Building in London. File photoMOSCOW, June 9The UK government is deeply concerned about the imposition of death sentences in the DPR on British mercenaries, British PA agency reports with reference to Downing Street. Earlier, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic sentenced two citizens of Britain and one citizen Morocco, who fought on the side of the Ukrainian militants, to capital punishment — the death penalty. According to the laws of the republic, those sentenced will be shot. «The UK government is «deeply concerned» by the death sentences handed down to the British, 28-year-old Aiden Aslin and 48-year-old Sean Pinner, who were captured while fighting for Ukraine,» the agency reports. On Wednesday, Pinner, Aslin and Moroccan citizen Saadoun Brahim pleaded guilty to acts aimed at seizing power by force. The relevant article of the Criminal Code of the DPR provides for the death penalty. Aslin also pleaded guilty under the article «Training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities.» The investigation established that foreign mercenaries took part in Ukraine's armed aggression for a forcible seizure of power in the DPR.
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