Russian court cuts sentence of jailed US soldier Black, Russian agencies report

PHOTO CAPTION: Gordon Black, a U.S. Army staff sergeant, who was detained in Russia on May 2 on suspicion of stealing from a woman he was in a relationship with, appears in a court in Vladivostok, Russia, June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel

(Reuters) -     A Russian court in Vladivostok slightly cut the sentence of U.S. soldier Gordon Black who was jailed last year after being found guilty of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, Russian agencies reported on Monday.

Russia's RIA and TASS state news agencies, citing court proceedings, reported that the court cut Black's sentence to three years and two months. Black was sentenced in June of last year to three years and nine months.  

 (Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)