The American rock musician and former paratrooper was arrested last year on drug trafficking charges.
In this photo taken from video released by Khamovnichesky District Court press service on July 18, U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake stands in a cage in a Moscow courtroom before being convicted of drug trafficking charges and sentenced to 13 years in prison.
A Russian court has sentenced the U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug charges, according to international media reports. Moscow's Khamovnitchesky Court found the rock musician and former paratrooper guilty and ordered him to serve the sentence in a maximum-security prison colony,in June of last year on suspicion of selling the drug mephedrone, an offense that could have landed him a 20-year prison term.Russian court officials have identified Leake as a former paratrooper with the U.S. military. Leake has also played in several Russian rock bands, including the Moscow-based group he fronted, Lovi Noch.
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