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Just Before She Died, Woman Stabbed by Her Husband Said She Could See
This Coming
04.20.2014 14:59 epress.am
Murdered in August 2013 from repeated stab wounds, Lusine Davtyan on
the way to the hospital on the day she died confessed that she was
always afraid that the quarrels between her and her husband would end
tragically one day.
Davtyan's daughter, 16-year-old Syuzy Arakelyan, during the hearing at
the Armavir District Court of First Instance in Etchmiadzin on April
18, said she saw through an opaque glass how her father beat her
mother. Though at the last court session, the accused, Arsen
Arakelyan, claimed he stabbed his wife while "in an emotional state"
and he wouldn't do what he did if his wife didn't provoke him, their
daughter confirmed in court that the knife with which her mother was
killed was in her father's pocket for a long time. This was conveyed
to Epress.am by Lida Minasyan, the coordinator of the Rapid Response
Unit of Society Without Violence, the NGO monitoring the case, who
said that Syuzy Arakeylan's testimony complicates the defendant's
situation, since the daughter essentially claimed that her mother
forebode such an ending.
"I was always afraid of this," Davtyan said on the way to hospital,
according to her daughter.
The defendant's uncle, Karapet Sargsyan, according to Lina Minasyan,
implied that Lusine provoked the quarrel. He said that he saw through
the door how Arsen was hitting his wife, and at that moment he burst
into the room and grabbing Arsen from behind, he threw him on the bed.
The witness said that Lusine's chest was covered in blood; meanwhile,
in the testimony he gave during the preliminary investigation he said
he didn't notice Arsen having a knife.
Recall, accused of murdering his wife, Arsen Arakelyan has admitted
his guilt, insisting, however, that he stabbed his wife while "in an
unstable mental state".
Relatives of the deceased claim that Lusine was preparing to divorce
her husband; she had even moved out of the house, but immediately
before the incident, upon her brother-in-law's request, she returned
to Arsen's house ' to talk.
Lusine's father, Ruben Davtyan, earlier said that over the years his
son-in-law beat his daughter 3 times, whereas Lusine's close friend
and neighbor told a different story: "There's simply a lot that Lusine
didn't tell her parents, but she confided in me. Nearly every day
Arsen scolded Lusine for some trifling reason or another. Say, she
forgot to put the salt on the table or brought the knife or fork late
' he would start a fight. It happened that in the dead of winter, he
kicked her out of the house with the child in her arms; supposedly he
was punishing her. He made Lusine stand on one leg in the corner for
hours. From where should I begin?"
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/04/20/just-before-she-died-woman-stabbed-by-her-husband-said-she-could-see-this-coming.html
This Coming
04.20.2014 14:59 epress.am
Murdered in August 2013 from repeated stab wounds, Lusine Davtyan on
the way to the hospital on the day she died confessed that she was
always afraid that the quarrels between her and her husband would end
tragically one day.
Davtyan's daughter, 16-year-old Syuzy Arakelyan, during the hearing at
the Armavir District Court of First Instance in Etchmiadzin on April
18, said she saw through an opaque glass how her father beat her
mother. Though at the last court session, the accused, Arsen
Arakelyan, claimed he stabbed his wife while "in an emotional state"
and he wouldn't do what he did if his wife didn't provoke him, their
daughter confirmed in court that the knife with which her mother was
killed was in her father's pocket for a long time. This was conveyed
to Epress.am by Lida Minasyan, the coordinator of the Rapid Response
Unit of Society Without Violence, the NGO monitoring the case, who
said that Syuzy Arakeylan's testimony complicates the defendant's
situation, since the daughter essentially claimed that her mother
forebode such an ending.
"I was always afraid of this," Davtyan said on the way to hospital,
according to her daughter.
The defendant's uncle, Karapet Sargsyan, according to Lina Minasyan,
implied that Lusine provoked the quarrel. He said that he saw through
the door how Arsen was hitting his wife, and at that moment he burst
into the room and grabbing Arsen from behind, he threw him on the bed.
The witness said that Lusine's chest was covered in blood; meanwhile,
in the testimony he gave during the preliminary investigation he said
he didn't notice Arsen having a knife.
Recall, accused of murdering his wife, Arsen Arakelyan has admitted
his guilt, insisting, however, that he stabbed his wife while "in an
unstable mental state".
Relatives of the deceased claim that Lusine was preparing to divorce
her husband; she had even moved out of the house, but immediately
before the incident, upon her brother-in-law's request, she returned
to Arsen's house ' to talk.
Lusine's father, Ruben Davtyan, earlier said that over the years his
son-in-law beat his daughter 3 times, whereas Lusine's close friend
and neighbor told a different story: "There's simply a lot that Lusine
didn't tell her parents, but she confided in me. Nearly every day
Arsen scolded Lusine for some trifling reason or another. Say, she
forgot to put the salt on the table or brought the knife or fork late
' he would start a fight. It happened that in the dead of winter, he
kicked her out of the house with the child in her arms; supposedly he
was punishing her. He made Lusine stand on one leg in the corner for
hours. From where should I begin?"
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/04/20/just-before-she-died-woman-stabbed-by-her-husband-said-she-could-see-this-coming.html