IMPROVEMENT IN FAVOR OF AGGRIEVED PARTY NOTICED AT COURT SITTING ON CASE OF ARMENIAN OFFICER’S MURDER IN BUDAPEST

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 11 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. An improvement in
favor of the aggrieved party was noticed at the September 27 court
sitting on case of Armenian officer’s murder in Budapest. Lawyer
Nazeli Vardanian and representative of RA Defence Ministry Hayk
Demoyan representing the aggrieved party declared it at the October
10 press conference.

The specialists who carried out 2 psychiatrical expertises of
Ramil Safarov were interrogated at the court sitting. The expert who
carried out the second psychiatrical expertise appeared in a defeatist
situation and held very weak positions. He ungroundedly recognized
Safarov limitedly responsible. To recap, the specialist who carried
out the first psychiatrical expertise recognized the defendant sane
and insisted on this point of view at the court sitting.

According to the representatives of the aggrieved party, the third
psychiatrical expertise will be an expertise of documents: it will be
decided through comparison of the results of 2 expertises which of
the experts correctly presented Safarov’s health condition. Nazeli
Vardanian reported that they are going to submit both of expert
conclusions to the independent experts by the next sitting to be held
on December 15.

It’s expected that the second Azeri officer who participated in the
NATO program in Budapest, Anar Aliyev, will at last appear before
the court at the December 15 court sitting.