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British tourist sentenced on weapons charge over Trump rally scare

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 14, 2016 00:06

A 20-year-old British tourist who prosecutors say caused a security scare at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Las Vegas by trying to wrestle a gun from a police officer was sentenced on Tuesday to a year and a day in prison.

Michael Sandford, was sentenced by US District Judge James Mahan in Las Vegas after pleading guilty in September under a plea agreement with prosecutors to one count each of illegal weapon possession by an alien and disrupting the orderly conduct of government business or functions.

A lawyer for Sandford, federal public defender Brenda Weksler, said she was "happy with the result," calling the sentence a "fair disposition of the case given the unique circumstances." When asked whether Sandford intended to harm Trump, Weksler said: "Our client is not political at all."

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