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Court considers appeal of disinformer about terrorist attack against Rail Rzayev

13 April 2010 12:49 (UTC +04:00)

According to APA, the court rejected his appeal and kept the first instance courtâ€™s decision in force.

Mirseyfaddin Mammadov was sentenced by the Court of Grave Crimes to 7 years of imprisonment.

According to indictment, he gave wrong information about the terrorist plans in Azerbaijan, including assassination plans against the high-ranking officials. He told the General Prosecutorâ€™s Office that as if the Air Force and Air Defense Commander Rail Rzayev was killed as a result of terrorist attack. After the interrogation of more than 100 people, the investigators identified Mammadov as a disinformer. Mammadov also slandered his neighbors accusing them in storage of narcotic drugs, which caused arrest of more than ten innocent people. Polkice didnâ€™t find narcotics in his neighborsâ€™ houses.

Mirseyfaddin Mammadov was arrested on October 16, 2009 by the Ministry of National Security. He was charged with articles 216 (misinformation about the terrorist attack) and 292 (causing illegal detention and arrest) of the Criminal Code.