Thursday, July 22 2021 21:19

ArmInfo. A court in Baku sentenced 13 Armenian prisoners to 6 years in prison.

As Trend reports, on July 22, in the administrative building of the  Baku Court of Appeal, the trial on the criminal case of 13 more  Armenian prisoners - Hovanesyan Haykaz K., Manukyan Varazdat A.,  Stepanyan David S., Tosunyan Levan A., Baghdasaryan Artur E., Avagyan  Serob S., Harutyunyan Varazdat S. , Manukyan Zhora V., Kherabyan  Hrair H., Gasparyan Narek A., Kyuregyan Grigor G., Gevorgyan Ashot A.   and Agramanyan Martin M.

The court sentenced each of the accused to six years of imprisonment  in a general regime colony, and after serving the sentence, they will  be immediately expelled from the country.

According to the source, earlier at the meeting, the prosecutor asked  the court to exclude Articles 214.2.1, 214.2.3 from the indictment  (terrorism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, by an  organized group or criminal association (criminal organization) with  the use of firearms and objects used as weapons), 279.2 (attack on  enterprises, institutions, organizations or on individuals as part of  armed formations or groups not provided for by law).

He called for the defendants to be found guilty under Articles 318.2  (illegal crossing of the state border of Azerbaijan by a group of  persons by prior conspiracy or by an organized group) and 228.3  (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or  carrying of weapons, accessories, ammunition, explosives, etc.  explosive devices committed by an organized group) and assign each of  them a punishment in the form of imprisonment for a period of seven  years with serving in a general regime colony, and after the  expiration of this period - deport them.

The prisoners of war themselves did not admit their guilt and asked  the court to acquit them.