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MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE ASKS FOR LIGHTER SENTENCE BECAUSE CLAIMS WIFE CHEATED ON HIM
07.17.2014 17:14 epress.am
Volodya Muradyan, the husband of 35-year-old Diana Nahapetyan, accused
of fatally stabbing his wife 21 times, in court today filed a motion to
amend the charges. Muradyan is charged with RA Criminal Code Article
104 Section 1 Paragraph 5: "murder with particular cruelty".
If convicted, he faces 12-20 years or life in prison. He petitioned
for a milder sentence -- 6-12 years' imprisonment. The Court of
First Instance of Ararat and Vayots Dzor Districts, however, refused
the motion.
Recall, the charge against Muradyan was changed once already --
to a graver charge.
Trying to prove that he is worthy of a lighter sentence, the defendant
in court today said that his wife was cheating on him and disgracing
him. As told to Epress.am by Women's Resource Center of Armenia
Executive Director Lara Aharonian, who was present in court, the
prosecutor responded to this statement by saying, "If your wife was
cheating on you, you [should've] divorced her, not killed her." The
accused countered that his wife's lovers were police officers,
assistants to former Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan,
who would kill him if he divorced his wife.
Thus, today's court hearing ended, with the next session scheduled
for July 31.
Recall, during the course of the investigation, the court found that
Muradyan was not under "cumulative effect," that is, an unstable
mental state resulting from a series of incidents, and though he was
in a "highly emotional state," his consciousness was not completely
clouded over when he committed the crime. That is, he was sane and
of sound mind when the crime was committed.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/07/17/man-accused-of-killing-his-wife-asks-for-lighter-sentence-because-claims-wife-cheated-on-him.html
07.17.2014 17:14 epress.am
Volodya Muradyan, the husband of 35-year-old Diana Nahapetyan, accused
of fatally stabbing his wife 21 times, in court today filed a motion to
amend the charges. Muradyan is charged with RA Criminal Code Article
104 Section 1 Paragraph 5: "murder with particular cruelty".
If convicted, he faces 12-20 years or life in prison. He petitioned
for a milder sentence -- 6-12 years' imprisonment. The Court of
First Instance of Ararat and Vayots Dzor Districts, however, refused
the motion.
Recall, the charge against Muradyan was changed once already --
to a graver charge.
Trying to prove that he is worthy of a lighter sentence, the defendant
in court today said that his wife was cheating on him and disgracing
him. As told to Epress.am by Women's Resource Center of Armenia
Executive Director Lara Aharonian, who was present in court, the
prosecutor responded to this statement by saying, "If your wife was
cheating on you, you [should've] divorced her, not killed her." The
accused countered that his wife's lovers were police officers,
assistants to former Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan,
who would kill him if he divorced his wife.
Thus, today's court hearing ended, with the next session scheduled
for July 31.
Recall, during the course of the investigation, the court found that
Muradyan was not under "cumulative effect," that is, an unstable
mental state resulting from a series of incidents, and though he was
in a "highly emotional state," his consciousness was not completely
clouded over when he committed the crime. That is, he was sane and
of sound mind when the crime was committed.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/07/17/man-accused-of-killing-his-wife-asks-for-lighter-sentence-because-claims-wife-cheated-on-him.html