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Armenian public figure jailed days before important news conference (video)
14:11 - 21.12.13
Arkady Vardanyan, the Armenian public figure sentenced to 10 years in
prison over a murder plot, was planning to hold what lawyers claim to
be an important news conference three days before the conviction.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Ruben Kirakosyan and Gayane
Galoyan, defense lawyers representing the interests of Vardanyan and
the other convict, Arsen Avetyan, described the criminal case as
politically motivated.
`This case is not against Avetyan; it targets Arkady Vardanyan. He
[Avetyan] was trapped under the wheels of this story, serving as a
fishing rod to catch Vardanyan,' Kirakosyan said.
Both lawyers agreed that Vardanyan, a 66-year old public figure with a
biography characterizing him best as a nation lover, could not have
had any reason to commit or perpetrate such a crime.
Galoyan said the alleged motive behind the plot, the private residence
belonging to Avetyan's father, was legally unfit for sale as it had
four different owners.
The aggrieved, Avetyan's father, who is claimed to be the object of
the crime (the facts in the case suggest that Avetyan and Vardanyan
plotted his murder through poisoning) is said to have no complaints
either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg0z7QQMfQo
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/12/21/arkadi-vardanyan/
14:11 - 21.12.13
Arkady Vardanyan, the Armenian public figure sentenced to 10 years in
prison over a murder plot, was planning to hold what lawyers claim to
be an important news conference three days before the conviction.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Ruben Kirakosyan and Gayane
Galoyan, defense lawyers representing the interests of Vardanyan and
the other convict, Arsen Avetyan, described the criminal case as
politically motivated.
`This case is not against Avetyan; it targets Arkady Vardanyan. He
[Avetyan] was trapped under the wheels of this story, serving as a
fishing rod to catch Vardanyan,' Kirakosyan said.
Both lawyers agreed that Vardanyan, a 66-year old public figure with a
biography characterizing him best as a nation lover, could not have
had any reason to commit or perpetrate such a crime.
Galoyan said the alleged motive behind the plot, the private residence
belonging to Avetyan's father, was legally unfit for sale as it had
four different owners.
The aggrieved, Avetyan's father, who is claimed to be the object of
the crime (the facts in the case suggest that Avetyan and Vardanyan
plotted his murder through poisoning) is said to have no complaints
either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg0z7QQMfQo
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/12/21/arkadi-vardanyan/