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Huntsville native detained in Russia found guilty of child abuse, faces 21 years in penal colony

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    Josh Rayburn. an award-winning reporter, writer and editor, is a native of Florence, Alabama. He's been the Digital Content Manager at WAAY since January 2019.

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"Frankly I'm horrified," Glinka told ABC News outside the courthouse. "There was almost no evidence that the court could base that verdict on."

Barnes, a native of Huntsville, Alabama, has been detained in Moscow since January 2022. His bench trial began in the fall of 2022 but occurred on nonconsecutive days and did not conclude until Monday. Barnes testified in his own defense near the end of the trial.

He was arrested by Russian authorities a few weeks after his family said he traveled to Moscow to see his children and apply for visitation rights in a Russian family court.

Read more from ABC News and here from Barnes' family

David Barnes

David Barnes (at right)/ABC News photo

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Digital Content Manager

Josh Rayburn. an award-winning reporter, writer and editor, is a native of Florence, Alabama. He's been the Digital Content Manager at WAAY since January 2019.

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