Vagif Khachatryan sentenced to 15 years in prison /UPDATED/

Baku/07.11.23 /Turan: The Baku military court sentenced Vagif Khachatryan, accused of mass murder in the village of Hindered to 15 years in prison. According to the verdict of the court, he will spend the first five years in a covered prison, the rest of the term in a strict  regime prison.

Before the verdict was announced, lawyer Radmila Abylova asked the court to "acquit" Khachatryan based on the fact that during the events in Meshali, he "did not participate in them", "was at home".

However, State Prosecutor Jovdet Mehraliev pointed out that the testimony of witnesses and victims confirmed that Khachatryan was among the persons who attacked the residents of Meshali.

Khachatryan himself said that he is "just a resident of the village of Badara." He swore by God that he had not committed crimes and said that may "Allah punish those who committed these crimes." ---06B---

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2023 November 07 (Tuesday) 10:40:19

Prosecutor proposed to sentence Vagif Khachatryan to 15 years iof imprisonment

Baku/07.11.23/Turan: At the trial chaired by the judge of the Baku Military Court Zeynal Aghayev over the Karabakh Armenian Vagif Khachatryan, on November 7, the final speech of the state prosecutor took place.

He proposed to sentence Khachatryan to 15 years of imprisonment with the first five years served in a closed prison, and the rest of the term in a high-security colony. After that, a break was announced at the trial.

At 14:00, the meeting will resume and the closing speeches of the lawyer and the accused himself will take place there.

Recall that Vagif Khachatryan was detained on July 29 at the Lachyn border checkpoint while trying to leave for Armenia. Earlier, he was put on the wanted list in a criminal case initiated in Azerbaijan due to the events of December 22, 1991, when a group of armed Armenians attacked the village of Meshyali in the Khojaly region.

At that Khachatryan and his accomplices killed 25 Azerbaijanis, inflicted wounds on 14 persons, and expelled 358 Azerbaijanis from their places of legal residence. Khachatryan was brought as a defendant under Articles 103 (genocide) and 107 (deportation or forced resettlement of the population) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. According to these Articles of the Criminal Code, long prison sentences are provided for up to life imprisonment. He pleaded not guilty in court. -16B-