VILSECK, Germany, March 30, SPA -- A U.S. Army court-martial hasfound a soldier guilty of murder in the execution-styleslayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees inthe spring of 2007, Associated Press reported. Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Mayo, 27, pleaded guilty Monday tocharges of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commitpremeditated murder at his court-martial at the U.S. Army'sRose Barracks. A charge of obstruction of justice wasdropped by prosecutors. Mayo, of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, faces the possibilityof life in prison and will be sentenced later Monday. The incident occurred while Mayo was deployed to Iraq.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/649329
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