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PRISONER'S MOTHER SAYS HE'S INNOCENT
tert.am
25.10.12
20-year-old Serob Mkhitaryan, one of the four inmates at the Nubarashen
penitentiary, who are on a hunger strike and sewed their lips together,
has cut his little finger in protest at "unjust sentence" passed
on him.
On May 31, 2012, the Shushi court sentenced him to 6-year imprisonment.
Neither during the preliminary investigation nor during the trial
Serob pleaded guilty, his mother Marieta Gokoryan told Tert.am.
According to her, the real culprit is Andranik Gabrielyan, whose
father exerted pressure on the court. "His father was a police major.
He even promised me to get them both out of trouble. He told me that
he could be dismissed if his son was charged with a theft. But he
deceived me and shifted the blame onto my son," Gokoryan said.
She said that the aggrieved person, resident of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) Norik Manucharyan signed a statement to the effect
that he had never seen Serob near his house, but he had seen Andranik
Gabrielyan.
Mrs Gokoryan says that the signed statement was filed, but the judge
ignored the fact, as well as the signed statement to the effect that
the aggrieved person withdrew his complaint because "in the presence
of Chief Investigator Alaverdyan, Armen Gabrielyan (Andranik's father)
returned the stolen $1,300 to him."
tert.am
25.10.12
20-year-old Serob Mkhitaryan, one of the four inmates at the Nubarashen
penitentiary, who are on a hunger strike and sewed their lips together,
has cut his little finger in protest at "unjust sentence" passed
on him.
On May 31, 2012, the Shushi court sentenced him to 6-year imprisonment.
Neither during the preliminary investigation nor during the trial
Serob pleaded guilty, his mother Marieta Gokoryan told Tert.am.
According to her, the real culprit is Andranik Gabrielyan, whose
father exerted pressure on the court. "His father was a police major.
He even promised me to get them both out of trouble. He told me that
he could be dismissed if his son was charged with a theft. But he
deceived me and shifted the blame onto my son," Gokoryan said.
She said that the aggrieved person, resident of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) Norik Manucharyan signed a statement to the effect
that he had never seen Serob near his house, but he had seen Andranik
Gabrielyan.
Mrs Gokoryan says that the signed statement was filed, but the judge
ignored the fact, as well as the signed statement to the effect that
the aggrieved person withdrew his complaint because "in the presence
of Chief Investigator Alaverdyan, Armen Gabrielyan (Andranik's father)
returned the stolen $1,300 to him."