13 December 2011, 20:20
Defendant on the case of blasting "Neva-Express" needs an urgent operation, his attorney reports
During a trial in the district court of Tver on December, 12, witnesses on the case were interrogated. Besides, attorney Musa Pliev reported that defendant Tatarkhan Kartoev needed urgent hospitalization.
"A very serious problem with his kidneys emerged. The prison physicians examined him and arrived at a conclusion that he needed urgent hospitalization and operation. Today the ambulance was called to court twice in connection with his poor state however the court refers to the opinion of the physicians of the ambulance who sated that the patient was able to participate in the trial and did not take him to hospital", Musa Pliev said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
On December, 2, the session was already deferred because of Tatarkhan Kartoev's illness and appointed on December, 2. In Pliev's opinion, the court should hold up hearing the case until Tatarkhan Kartoev is operated on and recovers.
"There is a danger to my client's life and we will demand his hospitalization. The more so, that our client himself insists on getting the necessary treatment", Pliev said at the trial on December, 12.
Author: Vakha Belkharoev Source: CK correspondent
