HOVHANNES HAROUTIUNIAN SENTENCED FOR CASE OF TIGRAN NAGHDALIAN'S MURDER SET
FREE AHEAD OF TIME
YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. By the July 12 decision of the Court of
First Instance of the Kentron and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan,
Hovhannes Haroutiunian with "Aper" nickname sentenced for the case
of murder of Tigran Naghdalian, the Council Chairman of the Public
Television and Radio of Armenia was conditionally set free ahead
of time. Radio Liberty informs about it. To recap, T.Naghdalian's
murder took place on December 28, 2002. By the November 18, 2003
verdict of the same court, H.Haroutiunian was sentenced to 7 years of
imprisonment. Accourting to materials of the hearing, he was a tiing
ring on the case of T.Naghdalian's murder between the client and
executers. (NT. - According to the materials of the criminal case,
the client of the murder was Armen Sargsian, the younger brother of
RA Prime Ministers Vazgen and Aram Sargsians, who was sentenced to 15
years of imrisonment). Anahit Voskanian, the head of the Information
Service of the Ministry of Justice informed Radio Liberty that
H.Haroutiunian addressed in May, 2006 to the corresponding department
of the RA President's staff with a request of amnesty, and by the
President's June 27 decree, he was gifted amnesty, reducing not taken
part of the measure of panishment by a year and a half.
FREE AHEAD OF TIME
YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. By the July 12 decision of the Court of
First Instance of the Kentron and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan,
Hovhannes Haroutiunian with "Aper" nickname sentenced for the case
of murder of Tigran Naghdalian, the Council Chairman of the Public
Television and Radio of Armenia was conditionally set free ahead
of time. Radio Liberty informs about it. To recap, T.Naghdalian's
murder took place on December 28, 2002. By the November 18, 2003
verdict of the same court, H.Haroutiunian was sentenced to 7 years of
imprisonment. Accourting to materials of the hearing, he was a tiing
ring on the case of T.Naghdalian's murder between the client and
executers. (NT. - According to the materials of the criminal case,
the client of the murder was Armen Sargsian, the younger brother of
RA Prime Ministers Vazgen and Aram Sargsians, who was sentenced to 15
years of imrisonment). Anahit Voskanian, the head of the Information
Service of the Ministry of Justice informed Radio Liberty that
H.Haroutiunian addressed in May, 2006 to the corresponding department
of the RA President's staff with a request of amnesty, and by the
President's June 27 decree, he was gifted amnesty, reducing not taken
part of the measure of panishment by a year and a half.