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Article: British soldiers sentenced to prison for abuse of Iraqi civilians
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- February 26, 2005
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MATT SURMAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-26-2005
Dateline: OSNABRUECK, Germany
A military judge and jury sentenced three British soldiers to prison for abusing Iraqi civilians after a trial that raised comparisons with the Abu Ghraib prison scandal involving U.S. forces.
Cpl. Daniel Kenyon, 34, on Friday received 18 months confinement _ short of the maximum of two years _ while Lance Cpl. Mark Cooley, 25, received the maximum two-year sentence. Lance Cpl. Darren Larkin, 30, got five months instead of the maximum six months.
All were dismissed from the service "with disgrace." Under British law, they will probably serve half their sentences and then be released to parole.
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