Private was sentenced to 12 months of confinement and dishonourably discharged from army but has been released because of time already served
US Army soldier Travis King has been sentenced to 12 months of confinement and been dishonourably discharged after fleeing over the border into North Korea in 2023.US Army soldier Travis King has been sentenced to 12 months of confinement and been dishonourably discharged after fleeing over the border into North Korea in 2023.last year has been sentenced to 12 months of confinement after pleading guilty to desertion as part of a plea agreement, his lawyer has said.
He pleaded guilty to five charges – desertion, assault on a noncommissioned officer and three counts of disobeying an officer – as part of a deal that was accepted on Friday by a military judge. But after completing its investigation, North Korea “decided to expel” King in September for illegally intruding into its territory.
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