March 7, 2007 - 16:49 AMT
Ramil Safarov taken to prison
Yesterday Azeri serviceman Ramil Safarov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Budapest Court for the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan, was conveyed to prison located 170 km far from Budapest.
Safarov's family representative Ikram Shirinov informed that lawyer Clara Fischer is going to attend the convict in prison. The decision by the Court of Appeal has not been submitted to the lawyers yet. Upon receipt Safarov's lawyers are going to organize a cassation complaint to the Hungarian Supreme Court.
February 22, 2007 judge Piroski Karpati of the Hungarian Court of Appeal sustained the April 13 verdict providing for life imprisonment for Ramil Safarov.
February 19, 2004 Armenian armed forces lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, who was taking an English language course within Partnership for Peace NATO program, was hacked to death by Safarov. The Hungarian court sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment without the right to pardon during initial 30 years.