COURT TO ANNOUNCED VERDICT ON PEDOPHILE FROM NUBARASHEN COMMUNITY ON MAY 24

ArmInfo
2010-05-19 15:52:00

ArmInfo. The verdict on the case of the pedophile from Nubarashen
community, Yerevan, will be made public on May 24. Proceedings will
start at 4:00pm. This was announced at May 19 proceedings on the case
of Levon Avagyan, the teacher at Nubarashen Boarding School No11.

An action of protest was held earlier today in front of the General
Court of Nubarashen and Erebuni communitiesagainst soft punishment
for the pedophile from Nubarashen. During the latest proceedings, the
prosecutor demanded charging Levon Avagyan, the teacher at Nubarashen
boarding school No.11 with Article 142 parts 1 and 2 (sexual abuse
of minors) and sentencing to 1.5 year of imprisonment.

The materials included in the criminal case say that L. Avagyan
punished pupils very crudely. He made pupils seat on their hunkers
with hands spread like a plane throughout the lesson. The teacher’s
practiced also other types of punishment, including standing naked
on one leg in the corridor. The cases of sexual harassment of minors
by Levon Avagyan received wide public response. On Nov 13 2008 the
Armenian Public Television program "Haylur" reported of sexual abuse
of certain D.A., a pupil of the Nubarashen special school No.11, by
her teacher Levon Avagyan. After the report, the Erebuni Investigation
Department accused Marian Sukhudyan, participant in the monitoring
of the given school, the well-known activist of the green Movement,
instead of the actual guilty party. She was charged with Article 135
part 1 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (slander), then with Article
333 part 2 point 3 (false denunciation for illicit gain) and then
again with Article 135. Later all these charged were removed. The
Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia told ArmInfo that the Yerevan
Investigation Department of the Chief Intelligence Department of
the Armenian Police revealed that the Erebuni Community Department
made its own interpretation of all the proofs. A criminal case on
the facts of sexual abuse of minors has been initiated. In fact,
L. Avagyan was charged with Article 142 part 2 .