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  • Questioning Of Defendants Completed In Case Of Foreign Currency Exch

    QUESTIONING OF DEFENDANTS COMPLETED IN CASE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY
    EXCHANGE OFFICES' ROBBERIES IN YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The court of first instance of
    Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash communities on December 21 finished
    the questioning of the defendants in the case of robberies of two
    foreign currency exchange offices in Yerevan. The fifth defendant Hayk
    Sargsian also stated that the robberies were "naive and violent", and
    the actions of the group should not be qualified as "banditry". He
    said that he does not insist on his preliminary testimony which is
    incorrect by 80%. Prior to the two robberies H. Sargsian went to
    these foreign currency exchange offices to ascertain the situation -
    the availability of money and the number of employees in the offices,
    then he left to wait for other members of the group in a taxi. In his
    words, he "knew very little about what had happened" after the first
    robbery (which resulted in a victim), thus he rejected his preliminary
    testimony, according to which he was better informed. After questioning
    the defendants, the court started examining the written evidence and
    documents. At the next court sitting on December 28, the court will
    consider the conclusion of the forensic medical examination of the
    victim Artur Mkrtchian in response to the petition of the lawyers,
    who want to find out the causes of the victim's death. According to
    the defendants' testimonies, the defendant Andranik Torosian fired
    at A. Mkrtchian from a gun, while the defendant Sergei Movsisian hit
    the victim with a knife.
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