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Officers of jail give testimony in imprisoned journalistâ€™s trial

30 April 2010 15:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov â€“ APA. Garadagh district court continued hearing on the case of imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, APA reports. Ismayil Khallilov presided over the hearing. Chief of regime-control department of jail #12 Anar Ahmadov, deputy chief of the jail Famil Salmanov and jail warden Farman Salmanov gave testimonies as witnesses. They characterized Eynulla Fatullayev as an educated and arrogant person. Ahmadov and other witnesses spoke about the operation, when narcotic was found on Eynulla Fatullayev.

The hearing will continue on May 4.

Editor-in-chief of Gundalik Azerbayjan and Realny Azerbayjan newspapers Eynulla Fatullayev was arrested by the decision of Yasamal district court on April 20, 2007. He was accused of insulting Khojaly residents in his series of articles â€œKarabakh diaryâ€ and sentenced to two-and-a-half-year imprisonment. Later, he faced additional charges and sentenced to eight-and-a-half-year imprisonment on October 30, 2007.

0.223g heroin was found on Eynulla Fatullayev in jail #12 on December 30, 2009. He faced charges under Article 234.1 (illegal purchase or storage without a purpose of selling of narcotics or psychotropic substances in a quantity (amount) exceeding necessary for personal consumption) of the Criminal Code.

According to the biological, chemical examination, diacetylmorphine (heroin), amphetamine, flunitrazepam were found in the blood and urine samples taken from Eynulla Fatullayev.

According to narcological examination, Eynulla Fatullayev had used diacetylmorphine (heroin), amphetamine and benzodiazepine, but he does not need compulsory treatment as he did not suffer from drug addiction during the examination.