U.S. Soldier Sentenced in South Korea

[Rose Siding]

SEOUL, South Korea -- A South Korean court on Friday sentenced a U.S. soldier to 2 1/2 years in prison for stabbing a South Korean man during a drunken brawl.

Pvt. John C. Humphrey was convicted of attempted homicide after stabbing a 27-year-old man in the neck with his military knife on May 15. The victim survived.
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The victim, whose name was not released, intervened when the drunken soldier and fellow GIs stomped on a taxi on a downtown street in Seoul, according to local reports.

...........Choi said the court saw "no reasonable motive for the crime" and had considered the victim's request that Humphrey be punished in accordance with the law.

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