Attorney for murdered Armenian cadet files motion with court for accused-on-trial’s release on bail

During the trial over the murder of cadet of the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute Haykaz Barseghyan today, accused-on-trial Vache Sahakyan’s attorney filed a motion with the court to change Sahakyan’s pre-trial measure to bail, as reported the victim’s legal successor Ani Torosyan, who reported that the amount of bail was set at AMD 1,000,000.

Haykaz Barseghyan’s fellow cadets Gnel Tevosyan, Norik Sahakyan, Vache Sahakyan anmd Movses Azaryan are charged with the murder of Haykaz Barseghyan.

Based on the charge, on January 29, 2015, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., they brutally killed cadet Haykaz Barseghyan in the bedroom of the military unit, and later, to conceal the traces, they hung his body from a horizontal bar at the training square and, on his behalf, left a note stating that he had committed suicide. The accused-on-trial don’t find themselves guilty.