AZERI ARMED FORCES OFFICER CONDITIONALLY CONVICTED BY HUNGARIAN COURT FOR ADDITIONAL 8 MONTHS
Author: P.Kesemenski
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Nov 18 2006
On November 17, the officer of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Ramil
Safarov appeared in Hungarian Court for the second time, and was
conditionally convicted by the Court of the Pesht region of Budapest
for a period of 8 months, Trend reports quoting the Azerbaijani
Embassy in Hungary.
The court session was presided by the Judge Tota Dondosh. Ramil
Safarov’s rights were protected by the Advocate Clara Fisher.
It should be mentioned that Ramil Safarov, accused of the assassination
of the Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan, was also accused of the
resistance against the employees of the Hungarian prison during
investigation. According to the accusation, on June 19, 2004, the
employees of the Hungarian court came to the cell of Safarov and
required him to give the telephone card. Safarov refused to fulfill
the requirement and resisted against the employees of the prison.
During the court session, on November 17, two witnesses were questioned
and after this, the state accuser made a 30-minute speech, where he
stated that Ramil Safarov is accused of the items 229 (resistance
against the state employees) and 170 (inflicting physical injuries)
of the Hungarian Criminal Code, which intend a criminal punishment
of up to 3 years.
The speech of the Advocate Clara Fisher took an hour and a half. She
mentioned the discrepancy in the evidences of the witnesses and
required the court to close the case.
Ramil Safarov stressed that at the beginning of the investigation he
did not understand the Hungarian language. He added that 33 months
have past since the incident, but no incidents with the employees of
the Hungarian prison have been observed.
The Court cancelled the accusation with the item 170, conditionally
convicting Safarov with the item 229 for a period of 8 months.
It should be mentioned that on April 13, 2006, Safarov was sentenced by
the Hungarian Court for life time imprisonment due to the assassination
of the Armenian officer.