COURT DECISION ON AZERBAIJANI OFFICER RAMIL SAFAROV UPHELD
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29.01.2008 15:40
Court hearing on the appeal against the decision November 17, 2006 of
Budapest city Court in connection with the incident occurred between
Ramil Safarov, officer of Azerbaijani Army who was sentenced to life
imprisonment for assassinating Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Markaryan
and court supervisors was held today.
Court hearing on the appeal against the decision November 17, 2006 of
Budapest city Court in connection with the incident occurred between
Ramil Safarov, officer of Azerbaijani Army who was sentenced to life
imprisonment for assassinating Armenian lieutenant Gurgen Markaryan
and court supervisors was held today, Azerbaijani Embassy in Hungary
told APA.
The process lasted 2 hours. Public prosecutor’s appeal was read, as he
did not attend the court hearing. Public prosecutor asked the court to
aggravate punishment on Ramil Safarov on November 17, 2006. Hungarian
lawyer of our officer Clara Fisher asked court to mitigate punishment.
Ramil Safarov addressed the process and said that he agrees with the
opinions of the lawyer. Judge Gobor Shomodi publicized the decision
at the end.
Appeals Court made a decision on upholding decision of Budapest city
Court on November 17, 2006 (8-month suspended sentence). Officials of
Azerbaijani Embassy in Hungary also participated in the court hearing.
On April 13, 2006, Budapest city court sentenced Ramil Safarov to life
in prison for murdering Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan. Budapest
city Appeals Court upheld the decision on February 22, 2007.
Incident between Ramil Safarov and court supervisors occurred on June
19, 2004. Court supervisors wanted Ramil Safarov to give them phone
card, but Safarov did not understand what the court supervisors want,
as he does not know Hungarian, so problem occurred between them. 8
police handcuffed Safarov and used force to him. Though Ramil Safarov’s
lawyers appealed to court after this incident, court said that there
was no motive and therefore the case was cancelled. Following this,
the opposite side petitioned mutually for Azerbaijani officer’s
resisting authority.