Norwich Evening News, UK
Dec 15 2004

Burning body: Yarmouth man charged

A 27-YEAR-OLD Great Yarmouth man has been charged with murdering a
man whose body was found burning in a field two years ago.

Nisham Grigor Bakunts was yesterday charged with murdering Hovhannes
Amirian (known as Sako) on December 20, 2002 in King’s Lynn.

Bakunts was remanded in custody by Norwich Crown Court. He will
appear again at the court for a plea and directions hearing on
February 4.

The body of 42-year-old Mr Amirian was found in the fields between
Upton and Wansford in Cambridgeshire in December 2002. Mr Amirian,
who was also known as Gevorg Galstian, had family connections in
Ukraine and Armenia and an estranged wife and son in Belgium.

A cyclist discovered his body in the early hours of December 21 2002.
He had been set on fire and a post-mortem examination revealed he had
also been shot and stabbed.

Police worked to identify Mr Amirian for nearly a year following the
discovery of his body.

He was finally named at an inquest in January and buried in an
unmarked grave at Eastfield Cemetery, Peterborough last year.