The May Day District Court of Vladivostok found American serviceman Gordon Black guilty in the threat of murder and theft and sentenced him to 3 years and 9 months in prison, reports a correspondent of RIA Novosti from the courtroom.
The place of detention is a general regime colony.
Earlier on Wednesday, the prosecution asked the court to sentence Black to 4 years and 8 months in a penal colony and a fine of 40 thousand rubles. The American's lawyer asked the court to acquit him of all charges.
The American soldier Black, who in April came to Vladivostok to visit a girl he met in Korea, during an argument, according to the prosecution, “grabbed the girl by the neck with force, which she perceived as a real threat to her life&rdquo ;, then stole 10 thousand rubles from her wallet.
Black, according to NBC News, served as part of the American contingent in South Korea and went to Russia on his own initiative.