Jailed presidential aide released
Azerbaijani former presidential aide Akif Muradverdiyev sentenced
earlier to a jail term was released on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court cancelled the previous ruling handed down in March by the Court of Appeal, which upheld the six-year prison sentence of the Grave Crimes Court on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement. The former head of the affairs department of the presidential administration instead received a five-year suspended sentence.
The Court took into account the grave condition of Muradverdiyev who had been treated at a Justice Ministry hospital.
Muradverdiyev was one of the several senior officials arrested in the run-up to the November 2005 parliamentary elections on charges of a coup plot. Investigation into that case is under way and it will be reviewed separately.
The Supreme Court cancelled the previous ruling handed down in March by the Court of Appeal, which upheld the six-year prison sentence of the Grave Crimes Court on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement. The former head of the affairs department of the presidential administration instead received a five-year suspended sentence.
The Court took into account the grave condition of Muradverdiyev who had been treated at a Justice Ministry hospital.
Muradverdiyev was one of the several senior officials arrested in the run-up to the November 2005 parliamentary elections on charges of a coup plot. Investigation into that case is under way and it will be reviewed separately.
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