US ex-Marine gets 4-1/2 years in Russian penal colony for attacking police officer

US ex-Marine gets 4-1/2 years in Russian penal colony for attacking police officer

LONDON: Former US marine Robert Gilman was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in a Russian penal colony on Tuesday for attacking a police officer while drunk, Russian news agencies reported. Police hauled Gilman off a train in Voronezh in January, while he was traveling from the southern city of Sochi to Moscow, after complaints from fellow passengers about his behavior, the agencies

Ex-American marine jailed in Russia for kicking a drunk cop

A former US Marine has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison in Russia for kicking a drunk policeman

Robert Gilman: Ex-US marine jailed in Russia for drunken attack

Robert Gilman is the latest American to be given a lengthy prison term in Russia.

Marine veteran Robert Gilman sentenced to 4.5 years in Russian penal colony

A Russian court sentenced U.S. Marine veteran Robert Gilman to 4.5 years in a penal colony.

Former Marine gets 4-plus years in a Russian prison for kicking a police officer

A former U.S. Marine was sentenced Tuesday to four and a half years in a Russian prison for striking a police officer while drunk, according to Russian media.

US citizen kicks Russian police: Four and a half years in prison

Robert Gilman allegedly drunkenly attacked a policeman on a train in January. He sees himself as a “victim of political repression.”