May 11, 2005 - 10:44 AMT
BAKU INSISTS SAFAROV WAS UNDER STRESS WHEN COMMITTING HOMICIDE
"The outcomes of the second court medical examination did not confirm the results of the first one. Since the experts disagreed on the psychological state of Ramil Safarov when committing the crime, Judge Andras Vaskuti announced that the two groups of doctors, who carried out the examination, should be present at the next sitting scheduled for September 27, Echo newspaper reported according to Azeri lawyer Adil Ismaylov. To remind, the trial of Ramil Safarov started last November. He is accused of the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margarian when doing a training course in English within Partnership for Peace NATO program in Hungary. The previous court sitting was held on February 8, 2005. Safarov is charged with Article 166.2 (murder with aggravations) of the Hungarian Criminal Code providing for 10-15 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment. "To the expectations of the defendants the outcomes of the first examination, according to which Safarov was found sane when committing the homicide, were not confirmed. The examination carried out on the fourth day after the murder showed that "it was planned and committed in cool blood". However the result of the second examination lifted the veil from the incident", the newspaper writes. In the words of Adil Ismaylov, Ramil Safarov was under stress during the incident. As it is known, Safarov underwent the second examination at request of the Azeri party. By decree of the Hungarian Court two Azeri experts were allowed to be present at the examination as observers. When commenting on the experts' conclusions on Safarov's psychological state the Azeri lawyers characterized it as "more impartial". At the same time he conditioned the shortness of yesterday's court sitting by the lack of disputes between the experts of the two medical examinations. In this view he noted that two witnesses on the Azeri side are expected to be present at the next sitting. The prosecution was represented by Prosecutor Margit Chohayn. Adil Ismaylov had the status of assistant to lawyers Peter Zalay and George Madiar. To note it was Madiar to initiate the second examination with the participation of the Azeri experts on February 8.