LAWYER IN ARMENIA TRIED TO BRIBE THE AGGRIEVED PERSONS

ArmInfo
2010-04-30 11:20:00

ArmInfo. A lawyer in Armenia tried to bribe the aggrieved persons. As
press service of Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office reports, a
criminal case has already been initiated on this fact. According to
the investigation data, a case of hooliganism was fixed on April 2,
2010, near "Archanots" restaurant in Yerevan. Participants in the
incident, a citizen of Iran S. Shakrekhoseini and a citizen M.

Sharifyan have been arrested. The restaurant waitress Haykanush
Galstyan, a watchman Vaghinak Yeghikyan and a client Arsen Khachatryan
have been recognized aggrieved persons. However, the lawyer decided to
take ‘corresponding measures’ and tried to bribe the aggrieved persons
for them to refuse from the earlier given testimonies. In particular,
he paid $600 to Yeghikyan and $700 to Gastyan. A criminal case has
been initiated according to p. 1 of Article 340 of Armenia’s Criminal
Code. The lawyer’s name is not informed.