{"id":18990,"date":"2016-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/us-student-sentenced-to-15-years-hard-labour-in-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2016-03-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T00:00:00","slug":"us-student-sentenced-to-15-years-hard-labour-in-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/us-student-sentenced-to-15-years-hard-labour-in-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"US student sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>21-year-old US student Otto Warmbier has been sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea after he tried to steal a propaganda banner.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, a distraught Warmbier said the theft was the \u201cworst decision of my life\u201d, but added, \u201cI\u2019m only human\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He referred to himself as a \u201cpoor and innocent scapegoat\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH HERE:<\/h3>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TELEGRAPH.CO.UK\/videos\/10154086250929749\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TELEGRAPH.CO.UK\/videos\/10154086250929749\/\">North Korea jails US tourist for 15 years<\/a><p>American student Otto Warmbier will serve 15 years hard labour in a North Korean prison after allegedly attempting to steal a propaganda banner from a hotel last year.<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TELEGRAPH.CO.UK\/\">The Telegraph<\/a> on Wednesday, March 16, 2016<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Warmbier was arrested in January after he was caught trying to steal a propaganda banner from a hotel as a \u201ctrophy\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/stephen-dank-s-failure-to-keep-cronulla-records-is-damning-says-graham-cornes\">CORNESY CAN\u2019T DEFEND STEPHEN DANK ON THIS ONE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/reason-why-you-should-never-tailgate\">PERFECT LESSON WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER TAILGATE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21-year-old US student Otto Warmbier has been sentenced to 15 years hard labour in North Korea after he tried to steal a propaganda banner. 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