Russian court rejects US citizen Woodland's appeal of prison sentence

U.S. citizen Robert Woodland attends a court hearing in Moscow
FILE PHOTO: U.S. citizen Robert Woodland, arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, sits behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Source: REUTERS

The Moscow city court on Tuesday rejected an appeal against a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence by U.S. national Robert Woodland on drugs charges, the RIA news agency reported.

Woodland was sentenced in July after partially confessing to the charges.

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