Three Britons to stand trial as ‘mercenaries’ in Russia-backed court

Three Britons accused of being mercenaries will stand trial in a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Three Britons accused of being mercenaries will stand trial in a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine.

John Harding, Cambridgeshire aid worker Dylan Healy, 22, and military volunteer Andrew Hill will be tried in the Moscow-backed Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to Russian state news agency Tass.