THEY FORGOT ABOUT SAGHATELIAN’S GIUMRI DIALECT
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[07:52 pm] 21 October, 2008
"I will always stay true to the fact that if somebody hasn’t done
anything, then he has to be acquitted," told "A1+" Seda Safarian,
who is the attorney of former head of the Prison Administration
department, representative of Levon Ter-Petrosian’s headquarters
Mushegh Saghatelian. Saghatelian’s case took place in the criminal
court of Yerevan today during which Seda Safarian made an official
speech, while Mushegh Saghatelian had the last word.
Let us recall that Saghatelian is charged with the points stated in
the 1st and 2nd parts of the 316th article of the RA Criminal Code for
applying force against an authority figure and committing a dangerous
crime that endangers the health, as well as with the 4th part of the
235th article for keeping sharp weapons like knives, scissors, etc.
Prosecutor Hovsep Sargsian had ordered 7 years in jail without any
extenuating circumstances.
Safarian denied the evidence of the indicted and discussed
the contradictions. For example, the two injured noted in their
testimonies that Saghatelian had insulted them; however, they don’t
give a description of his physical appearance.
"I believe that Saghatelian’s greatest distinction is that he still
talks with a Giumri dialect. If police were sure of the fact that
it was Saghatelian, then one of the distinctions would be enough,"
underlined Safarian.
As far as the charge pressed by the prosecutor is concerned, Safarian
noted that the various essential proofs were brought up with violations
of the criminal court code, which refer to the conclusions of the
experts.
The attorney demanded the verdict of acquittal. In his last word,
Mushegh Saghatelian stated that he is going to fight for freedom and
justice and even if they sentence him to 10 years, he will still go
out and fight.
The verdict will be ready on October 23 at 2:30 p.m.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
