‘As a Mother I Was Devastated’: Mom of ‘Hitman’ Tells Jury About Links Between Her Son and Two ‘Russian Mobsters’ Accused of Plotting Dissident’s Murder at Iran’s Bidding
Khalid Mehdiyev’s mother admitted helping her son in some of his criminal activity.
The mother of the hitman, who failed to assassinate an Iranian dissident in New York City, testified on Friday in federal court during the ongoing murder-for-hire trial of two men accused of hiring her son. She held back tears in emotional testimony as she was questioned by prosecutors. But under cross-examination, the mother admitted that she helped her mobster son, at least on one occasion, conduct his criminal activities.
“He’s the one who devastated our lives,” the mother of the self-proclaimed mobster, Khalid Mehdiyev, told federal prosecutors as she pointed to one of the two defendants, Polad Omarov, who was sitting in the courtroom, and looking straight at her.
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