The letter of the Main Medical Department of the Penitentiary Service to the court was read at the hearing presided over by judge Vugar Mammadov. The letter says that Geman experts examined Arif Yunus. According to the results of the examination, his blood pressure is much higher than normal.
Following this, Yunus’ lawyer Afgan Mammadov addressed the hearing. He filed a petition on commuting the pre-trial detention on A.Yunus.
The public prosecutor asked the court to reject the petition. The court upheld the petition and released Yunus on his own recognizance.
The hearing will be continued.
A criminal case was launched against her under articles #274 (treason), 178.3.2 (fraud with causing damage in the large size), 192.2.2 (illegal business with extraction of income in the large size), 213.2.2 (tax evasion with causing damage in large amount), 320.1 (Fake of certificate or other official document giving the rights or releasing from duties, with a view of its use or selling of such document, as well as manufacturing in same purposes or selling of counterfeit state awards of the Azerbaijan Republic, stamps, seals, forms) and 320.2 (use of obviously counterfeit documents provided in article 320.1) of the Criminal Code.
Both convicts’ cases of treason (Article #274) will be considered separately. The current criminal case submitted to court is associated with swindle and other cases.
On August 13, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes sentenced Leyla Yunus to 8 years and 6 months in prison and her husband, Arif Yunus, to 7 years in prison. The verdict also included the seizure of their property and transferring of the funds in their bank accounts into the state account.