PARTIALLY SANE CRIMINAL SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS’ IMPRISONMEMT FOR MURDER OF DISABLED FREEDOM FIGHTER

Noyan Tapan
Mar 01 2007

KAPAN, MARCH 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The court of first instance of Syunik marz
sentenced resident of the city of Kapan Vrezh Barseghian to 15 years’
imprisonment. At about 2:30 pm on September 10, 2006, V. Barseghian
killed disabled freedom fighter Alexander Hayrapetian in the city
lavatory of Kapan children’s park after Vazgen Sargsian. The court took
into account the facts that V. Barseghian has under-age children and is
partially sane. During a talk with NT correspondent, deputy prosecutor
of Synik marz Petros Hayrapetian said that law enforcement bodies had
been lenient twice towards V. Barseghian. First, he was not convicted
for theft because of his illness, in the second case he was released
under an amnesty after spending two months in prison for robbery.

However, this time the criminal may be released ahead of his term
only after 12 years in prison.