COURT OF APPEALS LEAVES V. SEDRAKIAN’S SENTENCE UNCHANGED
Monday,
November
25
Armenia’s Court of Appeals today announced its decision on the case
of former presidential candidate, epos expert Vardan Sedrakian. The
court left unchanged the ruling of the court of general jurisdiction
of Kentron and Nork-Marash administrative districts in Yerevan.
The court of general jurisdiction had sentenced Vardan Sedrakian to
14 years in prison. The two other men involved in Paruyr Hayrikian’s
attempted murder – Khachatur Poghosian and Samvel Harutyunian had
received 12 and 13 years in prison, respectively.
According to the criminal case materials, while running in the
presidential elections due on February 18, 2013, Vardan Sedrakian in
early January 2013 told his acquaintances S. Harutyunian and K.
Poghosian to kill another presidential candidate, leader of AIM Party
Paruyr Hayrikian.
V. Sedrakian’s lawyer, Alexander Sirunian earlier declared that he
intended to file an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights if
they fail to achieve success in Armenian courts.
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Aysor.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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