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Prosecutor demands five years for runaway Armenian prisoner

04 February 2009 11:46 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov-APA. The trial on the case of Armenian prisoner Edgar Sargsyan, who accused of runaway from detention place #11, has today been held in Binagadi District Court, APA reports.
A lawyer of the defendant addressed the trial presided over by Natig Abbasov. The lawyer Huseyn Hasanov said that the defendant pleaded guilty and repented for his action. The lawyer added that he put up resistance against nobody while escaping from the jail and asked to close criminal case under the Article 315.1 (Application of violence, resistance with application of violence concerning the representative of authority in connection with performance of official duties by him or application of the violence not dangerous to life or health concerning his close relatives, as well as threat of application of such violence). The Prosecutor demanded five years for Sargsyan under the Articles 304.1 (Runaway from places of imprisonment, from place of arrest or from place guard, committed by person who is serving time or taking place in imprisonment pending trail) and 315.1 (Application of violence, resistance with application of violence concerning the representative of authority in connection with performance of official duties by him or application of the violence not dangerous to life or health concerning his close relatives, as well as threat of application of such violence) of the Criminal Code. Trial was fixed on February 6.
Sargsyan, who beat and raped his sister and brother, was sentenced to 14-year imprisonment. Sargsyan was accused of runaway from detention facility #11 on November 8, 2008. He was shot by soldiers on duty. He was injured on leg.