THE VERDICT WAS LIFE IMPRISONMENT

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[06:59 pm] 13 April, 2006

more images Today the Budapest Court brought a verdict on the case
of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan’s murder realized by the Azeri
defendant Ramil Safarov. The latter was found guilty and sentenced to
life imprisonment with the right to be forgiven in 30 years’ time. The
representative of the RA Defense Ministry Hayk Demoyan informed “A1+”
about it. The latter participated in the trial.

The judge presented the details of the trial thoroughly in the
courtroom rejecting the fact that Safarov doesn’t know Russian,
revealing the groundless “intrigues” of Safarov’s lawyers an refuting
Safarov’s presumption of innocence. He ended his speech in the
following way, “It is not heroism to kill a sleeping man in peaceful
conditions; it is a crime and it doesn’t matter which nationality
the murdered officer belonged to.”

Safarov will serve his sentence in Hungary. By the way, according to
the laws of the country people committing crimes in severe conditions
serve their terms in special criminal establishments.

Safarov’s barristers have a right to appeal against the court verdict
within 3 days’ time. At present they are consulting with Safarov in
order to make an appeal decision. Let us mention that Hungary has
a 3 – level court system, so there are two possibilities to appeal
against the decision.

The Armenian side is sufficed with the verdict brought by the Hungarian
court. “I think the court was just in its verdict,” the representative
of the RA Defense Ministry Hayk Demoyan informed “A1+.”