Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend K.Zarbaliyeva / On 8 May, chaired by Judge Shahin Yusifov, a preliminary hearing took place in the Appeal Court over the criminal cases of the former senior official of the Central Criminal Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan, Haji Mammadov, and the members of his criminal gang.
The State Prosecutor, Ramil Ismaylov, was unavailable and therefore asked to change the date of the hearing. The Judge obliged and the hearing was postponed to 15 May.
By the decision of the Court on Heinous Crimes presided by Judge Ali Seyfaliyev, the following have been sentenced to life-term imprisonment Haji Mammadov (seizure of property), Farhad Mammadbayov (seizure of property), Eldar Rahimov (seizure of property), Malik Mammadov (seizure of property), Zakir Nasirov (seizure of property), Kamil Sadraddinov (seizure of property), Huseyn Abdulvahabov, Musa Dabuyev, Aslanbey Chintamirov and Yagir Mammadov.
Nizami Abdullayev (seizure of property), Sidek Abdulvahabov and Rovshan Aghayev have been condemned to 15-year imprisonment. Naila Guliyeva (seizure of property) sentenced to 10-year imprisonment. Faig Guliyev and Elchin Aliyev (seizure of property) were condemned to 9-year imprisonment. Mehman Hasanov, Fariz Gamidov and Elshan Mirzoyev have been sentenced to 8-year imprisonment. Agil Guliyev and Azer Aliyev have been condemned to a 2-year suspended sentence.