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Why I Haven't Talked So Far
Lragir.am
Law - 06 September 2014, 09:38
"Why haven't I talked so far," Vardan Petrosyan said making his first
testimony in court.
The reasons are several. "First, Detective Hakobyan tried to force
testimonies out of me in the absence of my advocate," Vardan Petrosyan
said. Besides, the actor reminded that during the pre-trial
investigation the investigative body refused to provide the existing
documents relating to the case. "It was my action of protest," he
said.
The third reason, according to Vardan Petrosyan, was his fear that his
testimony could contradict the testimonies of the victim whereas the
aggrieved party was already rather aggressive.
Commenting on the day of the accident, Vardan Petrosyan said that on
that day he had an appointment with the TV show They Were Not
Expecting Us and in the morning he was waiting for their team in his
house in Saralanj village.
The director of the show Suren Shahverdyan asked him to shoot another
show by the same group called "They Were Not Expecting Us Hungry".
Vardan Petrosyan said he was reluctant to be hosted by this show
because he hates "eating and drinking faces on the screen" but the
authors of the show persuaded him. And since there was not enough food
at home, he asked his sister arriving from Yerevan to bring some food.
Vardan Petrosyan commented on the opinion that there was a party in
his house on that day. "There was no party, there was a shooting and
if there are people who go round restaurants, eat and drink and cannot
imagine how one can lay the table and put no vodka."
As to vodka on the table, Vardan Petrosyan reiterated the container
with liquid on the table was vodka. And in the video he says "pour
some water".
Coming back to the crash in the evening on his way back to Yerevan,
Vardan Petrosyan said he reached Yeghvard, he was driving slow, a
while later the crash happened.
"I learned to drive in France, I was wearing a seatbelt all the time,
I noticed the Niva car which a little left from me, the Niva suddenly
turned to the road, I tried to maneuver, there was a crash and I lost
conscious. I came round when I was taken out of the car," Vardan
Petrosyan said.
He also said that he was in severe pain and felt very bad and from the
caring actions of the rescue service he concluded that his state was
bad, close to death.
"I thought I was dying," Vardan Petrosyan said, adding that he started
joking to encourage himself and especially the guys who were helping
him.
"I didn't know how the crash happened, that children had died. I was
even happy that on the verge of death I pulled myself together to
encourage the rescuers. I didn't know that a tragedy happened," he
said, adding, "When I learned about it later, the shock was
unbelievable."
In conclusion, Vardan Petrosyan said: "When people who shoot and kill
each other are let free on a single member of parliament's signature,
and for me not one but tens of members of parliament, social
activists, artists both in Armenia and France sign but I am still in
prison, I conclude that my case was tried as a premeditated murder and
was used to discredit me, put psychological pressure on me, kill me."
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Lragir.am
Law - 06 September 2014, 09:38
"Why haven't I talked so far," Vardan Petrosyan said making his first
testimony in court.
The reasons are several. "First, Detective Hakobyan tried to force
testimonies out of me in the absence of my advocate," Vardan Petrosyan
said. Besides, the actor reminded that during the pre-trial
investigation the investigative body refused to provide the existing
documents relating to the case. "It was my action of protest," he
said.
The third reason, according to Vardan Petrosyan, was his fear that his
testimony could contradict the testimonies of the victim whereas the
aggrieved party was already rather aggressive.
Commenting on the day of the accident, Vardan Petrosyan said that on
that day he had an appointment with the TV show They Were Not
Expecting Us and in the morning he was waiting for their team in his
house in Saralanj village.
The director of the show Suren Shahverdyan asked him to shoot another
show by the same group called "They Were Not Expecting Us Hungry".
Vardan Petrosyan said he was reluctant to be hosted by this show
because he hates "eating and drinking faces on the screen" but the
authors of the show persuaded him. And since there was not enough food
at home, he asked his sister arriving from Yerevan to bring some food.
Vardan Petrosyan commented on the opinion that there was a party in
his house on that day. "There was no party, there was a shooting and
if there are people who go round restaurants, eat and drink and cannot
imagine how one can lay the table and put no vodka."
As to vodka on the table, Vardan Petrosyan reiterated the container
with liquid on the table was vodka. And in the video he says "pour
some water".
Coming back to the crash in the evening on his way back to Yerevan,
Vardan Petrosyan said he reached Yeghvard, he was driving slow, a
while later the crash happened.
"I learned to drive in France, I was wearing a seatbelt all the time,
I noticed the Niva car which a little left from me, the Niva suddenly
turned to the road, I tried to maneuver, there was a crash and I lost
conscious. I came round when I was taken out of the car," Vardan
Petrosyan said.
He also said that he was in severe pain and felt very bad and from the
caring actions of the rescue service he concluded that his state was
bad, close to death.
"I thought I was dying," Vardan Petrosyan said, adding that he started
joking to encourage himself and especially the guys who were helping
him.
"I didn't know how the crash happened, that children had died. I was
even happy that on the verge of death I pulled myself together to
encourage the rescuers. I didn't know that a tragedy happened," he
said, adding, "When I learned about it later, the shock was
unbelievable."
In conclusion, Vardan Petrosyan said: "When people who shoot and kill
each other are let free on a single member of parliament's signature,
and for me not one but tens of members of parliament, social
activists, artists both in Armenia and France sign but I am still in
prison, I conclude that my case was tried as a premeditated murder and
was used to discredit me, put psychological pressure on me, kill me."
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/32941#sthash.iRwd1OTT.dpuf