Azeri Soldier Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison

AZERI SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.05.2007 15:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The court martial presided by judge Jamai Ramazanov
has accomplished legal proceedings against Azeri soldier Vusal
Garajayev, sentencing him to 11 years in prison. The state prosecutor
demanded 13 years of imprisonment for the soldier, who escaped to
Karabakh and later on conveyed to Azerbaijan, Trend reports. The
criminal case was initiated in accomplice with article 274 (treason)
and article 338.1 (violation of rules of guard mounting) of the Azeri
Penal Code.

Vusal Garajayev crossed the frontline and was detained by the NKR
military on December 7, 2006. Observing the international obligations
the NKR authorities informed the OSCE and ICRC accredited in
NKR. December 23 Vusal Garajayev was conveyed to the Azeri side.