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Congo death sentence for former British soldier Joshua French upheld

Tristan McConnell in NairobiAn appeal court in the Democratic Republic of Congo upheld a death sentence against Joshua French, a former British soldier.Mr French, 27, who has dual British and Norwegian nationality, and his friend Tjostolv Moland, a 28-year-old former Norwegian soldier, face death by firing squad after a military tribunal in the town of Kisangani upheld their conviction for murdering their Congolese driver.Both men deny shooting Abedi Kasongo, who died from a gunshot wound to the head on a remote road 70 miles (110km) outside Kisangani in May.At the end of a four-month trial, which was criticised by human rights activists, a military court handed the men multiple death sentences in September after finding them guilty of murder, attempted murder, espionage, conspiracy and armed robbery...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).