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900,000 DRAMS FOR A KNIFE
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[07:32 pm] 23 October, 2008
Former head of the Prison Administration department and Levon
Ter-Petrosyan's proxy during the last presidential elections Mushegh
Saghatelian was sentenced to five years in prison.
Judge of the Yerevan Criminal Court Mnatsakan Martirosian found him
guilty for applying force against a state official based on the 1st
and 2nd sections of the 316th article of the RA Criminal Code.
In addition to that, the court also ordered him to pay 900,000 drams
for the sharp weapon [knife] that the court had revealed. By the way,
Mnatsakan Martirosian is the same judge who had sentenced Robert
Kocharyan's bodyguard to house arrest for the murder at "Aragast" cafe.
Gatherers applauded Mushegh Saghatelian as he entered the
courtroom. Until the verdict was reached, Mushegh Saghatelian said
that he didn't believe in any verdict of acquittal. "I am innocent,
no matter how much they give me."
After hearing the verdict, those present started screaming "Fight,
fight until the end" and "It's a shame".
Member of the provisional parliamentary commission on the March
1 events Aram Harutyunian had come to hear the verdict and said:
"I think that they have to appeal to the Appeals Court. It was an
unfair verdict and I am certain that the court did not take into
account the evidence," said Harutyunian after hearing the verdict.
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[07:32 pm] 23 October, 2008
Former head of the Prison Administration department and Levon
Ter-Petrosyan's proxy during the last presidential elections Mushegh
Saghatelian was sentenced to five years in prison.
Judge of the Yerevan Criminal Court Mnatsakan Martirosian found him
guilty for applying force against a state official based on the 1st
and 2nd sections of the 316th article of the RA Criminal Code.
In addition to that, the court also ordered him to pay 900,000 drams
for the sharp weapon [knife] that the court had revealed. By the way,
Mnatsakan Martirosian is the same judge who had sentenced Robert
Kocharyan's bodyguard to house arrest for the murder at "Aragast" cafe.
Gatherers applauded Mushegh Saghatelian as he entered the
courtroom. Until the verdict was reached, Mushegh Saghatelian said
that he didn't believe in any verdict of acquittal. "I am innocent,
no matter how much they give me."
After hearing the verdict, those present started screaming "Fight,
fight until the end" and "It's a shame".
Member of the provisional parliamentary commission on the March
1 events Aram Harutyunian had come to hear the verdict and said:
"I think that they have to appeal to the Appeals Court. It was an
unfair verdict and I am certain that the court did not take into
account the evidence," said Harutyunian after hearing the verdict.