COURT HEARING ON RAMIL SAFAROV’S APPEAL TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 22

ArmRadio.am
21.02.2007 13:01

February 22 The first court hearing on the appeal submitted by Ramil
Safarov, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Armenian Officer
Gurgen Margaryan, will take place in Budapest.

Attorney Nazeli Vardanyan told ArmInfo correspondent that the hearing
will start at 9 a.m. It will be presided over by Judge Piroshka
Karpati.

Let us remind that in 2004 Officer of the Armed Forces of Armenia
Gurgen Margaryan had left for Budapest to participate in NATO’s
"Partnership for peace program." Azeri Officer Ramil Safarov axed
Gurgen Margaryan when he was asleep. On April 13, 2006 the Hungarian
Court sentenced the criminal to life imprisonment without the right
of amnesty for 30 years.

The Armenian side is represented by attorney Nazeli Vardanyan,
representative of RA Ministry of Defense, Director of the Genocide
Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan and Hungarian attorney Gabriella Gaspar.

In Nazeli Vardanyan’s words, in the appeal the Azerbaijani side demands
another examination of Ramil Safarov’s criminal sanity, considering
the controversy of the previous examinations. "If a new examination
is set, the trial will prolong, if not, it will be concluded with
tomorrow’s hearing," the attorney mentioned.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress