The Criminal Court of Appeal of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has launched proceedings into the appeal submitted by the attorneys of Azerbaijani saboteurs Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev.

Askerov’s legal representative, Erik Beglaryan, told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am, and added that the respective trial date will be set soon.

As reported earlier, Dilham Askerov was charged with espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred; and attempt of murder of two persons, committed by an organized group, motivated by ethnic hatred. Shahbaz Guliyev was charged with espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; and murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred.

And on December 29, 2014, the First Instance General Jurisdiction Court of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic had sentenced Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev to life and 22 years, respectively, in prison.