Azerbaijani court verdicts French citizen and two other foreigners who intentionally vandalized property at Baku metro

The trial of French citizen Clerc Theqo Hugo, New Zealand citizen De-Saint Quentin Ismael, and Australian citizen Han Paul, who secretly entered the Baku metro depot and painted several wagons, has been completed, Elchin Sadigov, the lawyer of the accused persons, informed about this, APA reports.

According to the reports, the verdict was read in the Narimanov District Court, chaired by judge Gultekin Asadova. According to the verdict, Clerk Tego Hugo was sentenced to 3 years in prison. 

Other persons were sentenced to a fine of 6,800 manats. The damage they caused to the victim institution was fully compensated.

One of the defendants, Clerk Tego Hugo, was judged in prison, and the others were free while being judged.

It should be noted that the incident took place in April of this year.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan noted that the investigations revealed that Australian citizen P. Han Paul, New Zealand citizen Ismael De Saint Quent, and French citizen Clerc Theqo Hugo illegally entered the depot belonging to “Baku Metro” Closed Joint-Stock Company on the night of March 30, 2024, and are suspected of deliberately damaging the state property.

Since the act constituted a crime, a criminal case was initiated under the relevant article of the Criminal Code, and the French citizen Clerc Theqo Hugo was sentenced to three months of imprisonment by a court decision, while non-custodial preventive measures were applied to the others.

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