Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, as well as Brahim Saadoun, a Moroccan, were found guilty of being mercenaries whose actions resulted in the death of civilians, according to Russian state media. Aslin, 28, and Pinner, 48, were arrested in Mariupol in April. Russian officials say they were hired weapons and therefore not entitled to protection under the Geneva Convention. Both were members of Ukrainian army units. Two Britons and a Moroccan face the death penalty Foreign Minister Liz Truss said the decision was “fake”. Robert Genrik, an Aslin MP, said it was a “disgusting demonstration trial of the Soviet era” and that the Russian ambassador should be summoned to
