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WAS WITNESS AFRAID OF ARTAK'S KILLER?
Christina Ter-Matevosyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country26364.html
Published: 13:05:15 - 30/05/2012
On May 29, the next court hearing of the case of Lieutenant Artak
Nazaryan's murder took place in Tavush Marz court of first instance.
The witness was Arthur Lazarian of Syunik Marz. He has not attended
other hearings because he was working in NKR. Lazarian attended the
session accompanied by the chief of criminal investigation department
of Sisian Town Gagik Vardanyan. The companion of the witness handed
to the judge the request of the witness's mother saying that her son
is persecuted by the parents of the defendants Kirakos Kirakosyan and
Manvel Mkhitaryan. The mother thus tried to ensure her son's security.
Then, Attorney Ruben Martirosyan filed a motion but it was dismissed
by the judge. Another motion by the counsel for the prosecution
was dismissed. The dismissals caused a conflict between the judge
Mardanyan and the participants.
As a result the lawyers demanded resignation of the judge saying they
do not trust his honesty. But this motion was also dismissed.
This witness, just like the others, said he could not remember much.
He added that Nazaryan did sports and was a "strong officer". Lawyers
Ruben Martirosyan recalled Lazarian's interview with the RFE/RL
Armenian service on December 14 in which he said that he had been
beaten up by the military police officers and forced to sign under
an invented testimony. But Lazarian said that then the parents of
the defendants were there so he was afraid and lied.
The witness who spoke yesterday said he had been kept in the military
police department of Berd for 25 days and interrogated several times
a day during the first ten days, while there are reports of only of
8 interrogations. His brother Vardan Lazarian had also been kept in
the same cell who was not related to the case. The witness said he was
afraid because he thought the murderer was in freedom and could hurt
him. "I thought maybe someone wanted to take revenge on lieutenant
Nazaryan and killed him," said the witness.
Christina Ter-Matevosyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country26364.html
Published: 13:05:15 - 30/05/2012
On May 29, the next court hearing of the case of Lieutenant Artak
Nazaryan's murder took place in Tavush Marz court of first instance.
The witness was Arthur Lazarian of Syunik Marz. He has not attended
other hearings because he was working in NKR. Lazarian attended the
session accompanied by the chief of criminal investigation department
of Sisian Town Gagik Vardanyan. The companion of the witness handed
to the judge the request of the witness's mother saying that her son
is persecuted by the parents of the defendants Kirakos Kirakosyan and
Manvel Mkhitaryan. The mother thus tried to ensure her son's security.
Then, Attorney Ruben Martirosyan filed a motion but it was dismissed
by the judge. Another motion by the counsel for the prosecution
was dismissed. The dismissals caused a conflict between the judge
Mardanyan and the participants.
As a result the lawyers demanded resignation of the judge saying they
do not trust his honesty. But this motion was also dismissed.
This witness, just like the others, said he could not remember much.
He added that Nazaryan did sports and was a "strong officer". Lawyers
Ruben Martirosyan recalled Lazarian's interview with the RFE/RL
Armenian service on December 14 in which he said that he had been
beaten up by the military police officers and forced to sign under
an invented testimony. But Lazarian said that then the parents of
the defendants were there so he was afraid and lied.
The witness who spoke yesterday said he had been kept in the military
police department of Berd for 25 days and interrogated several times
a day during the first ten days, while there are reports of only of
8 interrogations. His brother Vardan Lazarian had also been kept in
the same cell who was not related to the case. The witness said he was
afraid because he thought the murderer was in freedom and could hurt
him. "I thought maybe someone wanted to take revenge on lieutenant
Nazaryan and killed him," said the witness.