Confinement for US soldier who struck detainees

30/01/2006 - 14:47:56
An American soldier has been sentenced to six months confinement and a reduction in rank after he was found guilty in a court-martial of punching detainees in Afghanistan, the US military said.

The conviction of Sgt. Kevin Myricks comes three days after another soldier was convicted for mistreating the same two detainees at a base in eastern Afghanistan.

Myricks was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to maltreat a detainee and another count of maltreatment of two detainees.

He was reduced in rank to a private and sentenced to six months confinement, a US military statement said.