ARMENIAN PARTICIPANTS OF TRIAL ON CASE OF GURGEN MARGARIAN’S MURDER TO LEAVE FOR BUDAPEST ON SEP 23

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Sept 22 2005

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. RA Defence
Minister’s representative Hayk Demoyan representing the aggrieved
party on the case of RA Armed Forces Officer Gurgen Margarian’s murder,
lawyer Nazeli Vardanian, victim Hayk Makuchian will leave for Hungary
on September 23 in order to participate in the September 27 trial on
the above-mentioned case. Noyan Tapan’s correspondent was informed
about it by Hayk Demoyan.

Defence Ministry’s representative mentioned that at the sitting it’s
envisaged to listen to the experts who made up two conclusions of
psychiatric-medical expertise about Ramil Safarov who killed Gurgen
Margarian under aggravating circumstances and with a special cruelty,
as well as committed an attempted murder in relation to RA Armed
Forces Officer Hayk Makuchian. According to both of the conclusions,
the experts found Safarov guilty, but the third one contained some
extenuating elements contradicting the first conclusion. As the
Hungarian legislation doesn’t envisage to sum up documents containing
certain contradictions, so the court considered it necessary to hold
the third expertise as far back as in May. Possibly, Hayk Makuchian
will additionally testify at the court sitting.

Hayk Demoyan mentioned that the trial won’t finish in September,
probably, a court sitting will be appointed in early 2006, too.