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Sep 25, 2022 · A freed British prisoner of war who was held by Russian-backed separatists has told Sky News how he was tortured over several days. John Harding said he was used as a "punching bag" by the guards in a holding facility in the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine.
Feb 28, 2024 · John Harding, 28, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for 10 offences including rape, strangulation and false imprisonment. Harding, who was living in Newport, took one of his victims, then 16,...
Jul 17, 2022 · John Harding, who is in his fifties and originally from Sunderland, is being interviewed by a Russian TV presenter. In the video he says he could face the death penalty. The Foreign Office said...
Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MC (10 February 1896 – 20 January 1989), known as John Harding, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War, served in the Malayan Emergency, and later advised the British government ...
Jul 17, 2022 · John Harding, who is in his 50s and originally from Sunderland, is believed to have been captured while fighting with the Azov Regiment, part of the Ukrainian National Guard, while helping to defend the city of Mariupol in May. Ukrainian forces were forced to surrender in the southeastern port city after it a relentless bombardment.
Aug 16, 2022 · John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy went on trial charged with being mercenaries and “undergoing training to seize power by force,” on Monday in the city of Donetsk, Russian media reported.
Sep 23, 2022 · After returning to the UK on Thursday following a prisoner swap, John Harding said he wished he had been killed rather than tortured by Russian-backed militants.
Aug 1, 2022 · John Harding, who is in his fifties and originally from Sunderland, moved to Ukraine in 2018. The same court in June sentenced Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin to death. The Britons were...
John Harding, an ex-serviceman, first fought Islamic State and is now embroiled in the fighting in Ukraine.
Aug 16, 2022 · BBC News. Five men, including three from Britain, have denied being mercenaries fighting with Ukrainian forces against Russia, in a Russian proxy court. John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew...
