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| Ex-US Marine Paul Whelan, convicted of spying in Russia, will not appeal sentence - lawyer says he may be exchanged | Ex-US Marine Paul Whelan, convicted of spying in Russia, will not appeal sentence - lawyer says he may be exchanged |
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| A week after he was handed a 16-year prison sentence for spying in Russia, Paul Whelan has reportedly confirmed that he won't appeal the verdict. His lawyer says he will now decide whether to ask for clemency. | A week after he was handed a 16-year prison sentence for spying in Russia, Paul Whelan has reportedly confirmed that he won't appeal the verdict. His lawyer says he will now decide whether to ask for clemency. |
| "We just visited Paul (on Tuesday morning) at the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center (in Moscow), where he made the final decision not to appeal his sentence and wrote a statement," his attorney Olga Karlova told news agency TASS. Karlova added that Whelan does trust Russian justice and believes another trial is pointless. | |
| Whelan, a citizen of four countries - Britain, Canada, Ireland and the US - initially indicated that he was going to appeal the court decision. | Whelan, a citizen of four countries - Britain, Canada, Ireland and the US - initially indicated that he was going to appeal the court decision. |
| Vladimir Zherebyonkov, another member of his legal team, has suggested plans are in place for him to be swapped with US for the Russians Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko, who are in American custody. | |
| Zherebyonkov says the issue is being discussed by authorities in Moscow and Washington and his lawyers are not involved in the process. | |
| MORE TO FOLLOW.... | MORE TO FOLLOW.... |