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US soldier Travis King sentenced for desertion after fleeing into North Korea
Private was sentenced to 12 months of confinement and dishonourably discharged from army but has been released because of time already served
A US soldier who fled into North Korea 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.
Because of good behaviour and time served, the soldier was released, the lawyer, Franklin Rosenblatt, said on Friday.
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