Representative of the Armenian Defense Ministry Hayk Demoyan and lawyer Nazeli Vardanyan representing the interests of Gurgen Margaryan’s family departed for Hungary to participate in the court session April 4, RA Defense Minister’s Spokesman, Colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. April 4 the Budapest court will hear the final plea of the murderer of Gurgen Margaryan. On the same day the prosecution and defense are expected to address the court. The verdict will be announced April 13.
To remind, February 19, 2004 lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Armenia Gurgen Margaryan, sent to Budapest to take English courses within the NATO Partnership for Peace Program, was brutally hacked by Azeri officer, who took the same courses. Safarov is indicted in compliance with article 116.2 of the Criminal Code of Hungary (murder, committed with special cruelty, and attempt at lives of over one person), which provides for punishment varying from imprisonment of 10-15 years to life sentence.
