FORMER SERVICEMEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT ARE SET FREE

Noyan Tapan
Dec 25 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. Former servicemen Razmik Sargsian,
Musa Serobian and Arayik Zalian accused of murder of 2 co-servicemen
were immediately set free of the arrest by the December 22 sentence
of the Chamber of Criminal and Soldier’s Affairs of the RA Court of
Cassation. The Court of Cassation reversed the judgements of the
Court of First Instance of the marz of Syunik and the RA Court of
Cassation on Criminal and Soldier’s Affairs and sent the case to the
additional preliminary investigation. To recap, the Court of First
Instance sentenced them to 15-year imprisonment, and the Court of
Cassation strengthened the measure of panishment and condemned to
life imprisonment.

The murder took place in December, 2003.