COURT DELAYS HEARINGS OVER GULYAN’S CASE

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.10.2009 19:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In an October 23 hearing presided over by Justice:
Gayane Karakhanyan, the General Jurisdiction Court of Kentron and
Nork Marash districts decided to postpone hearings over deceased
witness Gulyan’s case considering the absence of special investigator
Gabriel Petrosyan. Justice said that General Prosecutor’s Office
had received notice on Gabrielyan’s being unhealthy and receiving
in-patient treatment.

Justice Karakhanyan rescheduled court hearing for November 4. Hrayr
Gulyan, father of the deceased, told journalists that the notice
contained no information on investigator’s diagnosis and the hospital
he was in. Gulyan’s lawyer stressed he would insist on Petrosyan’s
presence since he had questions concerning the subject matter of
the case.

He further noted that as a result of expert examination. the victim was
found to have received bodily damages before his death. Lawyer also
noted that during interrogation policemen had denied the existence
of such damages at the time of taking Gulyan to police station. "So
bodily damages must have been inflicted on victim after entering the
building," said the lawyer.

Levon Gulyan died on May 12, 2007 when being interrogated by police
as a witness. The circumstances of his death are unknown. Criminal
investigation into the matter was twice suspended by inquest bodies.