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Canadian Sentenced to Death in Drug Smuggling Retrial

The Dalian Intermediate People’s Court in Liaoning province sentenced Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to death on Monday during a one-day retrial on drug smuggling charges. Schellenberg has been detained in China since 2014. His trial began in 2016 and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison on November 20th of last year. He was given a public hearing in December after lodging an appeal against the conviction. The Liaoning High Court ordered the case retried in late