PROSECUTOR DEMANDS FIVE YEARS FOR RUNAWAY ARMENIAN PRISONER

APA
Feb 4 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov-APA. The trial on the case of Armenian prisoner
Edgar Sargsyan, who accused of runaway from detention place #11,
has today been held in Binagadi District Court, APA reports.

A lawyer of the defendant addressed the trial presided over by Natig
Abbasov. The lawyer Huseyn Hasanov said that the defendant pleaded
guilty and repented for his action. The lawyer added that he put up
resistance against nobody while escaping from the jail and asked to
close criminal case under the Article 315.1 (Application of violence,
resistance with application of violence concerning the representative
of authority in connection with performance of official duties by
him or application of the violence not dangerous to life or health
concerning his close relatives, as well as threat of application of
such violence). The Prosecutor demanded five years for Sargsyan under
the Articles 304.1 (Runaway from places of imprisonment, from place
of arrest or from place guard, committed by person who is serving time
or taking place in imprisonment pending trail) and 315.1 (Application
of violence, resistance with application of violence concerning the
representative of authority in connection with performance of official
duties by him or application of the violence not dangerous to life or
health concerning his close relatives, as well as threat of application
of such violence) of the Criminal Code. Trial was fixed on February 6.

Sargsyan, who beat and raped his sister and brother, was sentenced to
14-year imprisonment. Sargsyan was accused of runaway from detention
facility #11 on November 8, 2008. He was shot by soldiers on duty. He
was injured on leg.