Baku Court reads out sentence to armenian terrorist group

The trial on the criminal case over members of an Armenian terrorist group continues at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes on July 23.

The members of the group are: Rafik Karapetyan, Gurgen Goloyan, Hrayr Tadevosyan, Vagharshak Maloyan, Sasun Egiazaryan, Arsen Vardanyan, Vakhagen Bakhrikyan, Setrak Soghomonyan, Armen Dilanyan, Manuk Martonyan, Mels Anbardanyan, Andranik Mikaelyan and Felix Grigoryan.

The files of the criminal case were announced during the trial under the chairmanship of Judge Azad Majidov.

Then the completion of the judicial investigation was announced and the prosecutor delivered a speech.

The prosecutor asked the court to exclude Articles 214.2.1, 214.2.3, 279.2 from the indictment and leave Articles 318.2 and 228.3 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. The prosecutor demanded seven-year imprisonment for each of the accused. The prosecutor stressed that after serving the sentence, they must be deported from Azerbaijan.

The defendants had the final say. The judge left to make a verdict.

Then the verdict was announced. The judge sentenced each of the accused to the six-year of imprisonment. The term of punishment has been calculated since December 13, 2020.