Azadlig reporter`s attacker gets jail term
The man charged with attacking a reporter of the opposition
newspaper Azadlig several months ago was convicted for 18 months on
Tuesday. The verdict was pronounced at the Nasimi district court of
Baku.
A day earlier the prosecutor had sought a two-year sentence for Sergei Strekalin who is
Agil Khalil was reportedly stabbed in the chest by two unidentified men as he left the editorial office late on March 13. The Prosecutor-General`s Office issued a statement on the outcomes of the investigation April 7 saying Khalil had been attacked by a homosexual named Sergei Strekalin in a jealousy outburst.
Khalil`s lawyer Elchin Sadygov argued that Strekalin had not stabbed the journalist.
"Strekalin took the blame upon himself so that the law enforcers who are behind this crime could escape responsibility," he claimed.
A day earlier the prosecutor had sought a two-year sentence for Sergei Strekalin who is
Agil Khalil was reportedly stabbed in the chest by two unidentified men as he left the editorial office late on March 13. The Prosecutor-General`s Office issued a statement on the outcomes of the investigation April 7 saying Khalil had been attacked by a homosexual named Sergei Strekalin in a jealousy outburst.
Khalil`s lawyer Elchin Sadygov argued that Strekalin had not stabbed the journalist.
"Strekalin took the blame upon himself so that the law enforcers who are behind this crime could escape responsibility," he claimed.
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