The court session on the criminal case of Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich, who was accused of committing genocide in Meshali village of Khojaly district as part of illegal Armenian armed groups, has ended, APA reports.
The verdict was read in the proceedings chaired by the chairman of the Baku Military Court, Zeynal Aghayev.
According to the verdict, Vagif Khachatryan was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The verdict stated that Vagif Khachatryan should spend the first 5 years of his sentence in prison, and the rest in a strict regime penitentiary.
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The court hearing of the criminal case against Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich, who is accused of committing genocide in Meshali village of Khojaly district as part of illegal Armenian armed groups, is being continued after the break, APA reports.
Vagif Khachatryan's lawyer Radmila Abilova made a defense speech in the court session presided over by Zeynal Agayev, chairman of the Baku Military Court.
In her speech, the lawyer asked for the acquittal of Vagif Khachatryan.
Then Vagif Khachatryan was given the last word. He said he does not consider himself guilty and asked for the acquittal.
The jury went into deliberation to announce the verdict.
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Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich, who is accused of committing genocide in Meshali village of Khojaly district as part of illegal Armenian armed groups, is being held today and the next session of the criminal case court is being continued after the break, APA reports.
Vagif Khachatryan's lawyer Radmila Abilova makes a defense speech in the court session presided over by Zeynal Agayev, chairman of the Baku Military Court.
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Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich, who is accused of committing genocide in Meshali village of Khojaly district as part of illegal Armenian armed groups, is being held today in the next session of the criminal case court, APA reports.
Zeynal Agayev, chairman of the Baku Military Court, is presiding over the court session.
The prosecutor in the case, Assistant Chief Prosecutor Mugaddas Sultanov, made a speech and demanded that Vagif Khachatryan be sentenced to 15 years in prison.
In his speech, the prosecutor stated that Vagif Khachatryan should spend the first 5 years of his sentence in prison, and the rest in a maximum security colony.
***07:37
Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich, who is accused of committing genocide in Meshali village of Khojaly district as part of illegal Armenian armed groups, is being held today in the next session of the criminal case court, APA reports.
Zeynal Agayev, chairman of the Baku Military Court, is presiding over the court session.
The criminal case is heard in the administrative building of the Yasamal District Court.
Currently, the public prosecutor is speaking.
***07:37
Another court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, which committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, will be held in Baku today, APA reports.
A judge of the Baku Military Court Zeynal Aghayev will chair the court hearing.
Today, the prosecutor will demand punishment for the accused. Later, the lawyer will make a defense speech, and Vagif Khachatrayan will have the last word in court.
Note that, Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich, an Armenian citizen, who is internationally wanted in connection with the Meshali genocide, was detained at the Lachin border checkpoint in July of this year.
The criminal gang he is a member of killed 25 Azerbaijanis, injured 14 people, and displaced 358 Azerbaijanis from their legal place of residence in Meshali village of Khojaly district, in December.
He was charged with articles 103 (Genocide - killing members of any national, ethnic, racial or religious group with the aim of destroying it in whole or in part as a group, seriously harming the health of group members or seriously harming their mental capacity) and 107 (Deportation or forced relocation of the population - evicting the population from their legal locations to other countries or displacing them with other forced actions) of the Criminal Code, and a pretrial detention measure was chosen.
59 people were recognized as victims in the case.
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