HUNGARIAN ATTORNEY REQUIRED TO SENTENCE RAMIL SAFAROV TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT

Yerevan, April 5. ArmInfo. As the advocate Nazeli Vardanyan reported
to ArmInfo, the Hungarian attorney required to sentence Ramil Safarov
to life imprisonment.

To be reminded that on February 19, 2004, in Budapest, R. Safarov
killed the sleeping Armenian officer Gourgen Margaryan by an ax and
tried to kill another Armenian officer Haik Makuchyan. The officers
were studying English language in Budapest. R. Safarov was arraigned
according to article 166.2 of Hungary’s criminal code (murder at
aggravating circumstances) which assumed imprisonment from 10 to 15
years or life imprisonment. The advocate Vardanyan represents the G.

Margaryan’s family interests in the court. The representative of
Armenia’s Defense Ministry Haik Demoyan also represents the Armenian
party. Andrash Vashkuti is the chief judge.

According to Vardanyan, the attorney required to sentence R. Safarov
to life imprisonment with a right to appeal for pardon in 30 years.

Commenting today’s publications in Azeri press concerning the fact
as if the attorney required to sentence Safarov to 30 years of
imprisonment, Vardanyan noted that these publications purpose their
aim to reassure the own society that the sentence will be lighter than
that the attorney had required. In his turn, the representative of
the injured party, the advocate Gabriela Kaspar required to sentence
Safarov to life imprisonment without a right for pardon.

Safarof himself was brief during the trial. He only repeated the
advocate application to conduct the fifth expertise (moreover,
according to the application, it must be conducted by a special
Commission) which was declined. The R. Safarov’s sentence will be
proclaimed on April 13.