DEFENCE MINISTER OF ARMENIA NEGATIVE ON COURTS DECISION ON 3
MILITARYMEN ACCUSED OF MURDER
Yerevan, January 19. ArmInfo. Serzh Sargsyan, is extremely
dissatisfied about the judicial process on the case of three military
servicemen of Mataghis region who are accused of murder. The case is
on the two military servicemen of Mataghis region of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic (NKR) who were murdered.
The Court of the first instance imposed a sentence of 15-years of
imprisonment, the Court of Appeal sentenced life-term imprisonment,
and the Court of Cassation – passed the case for further investigation
and set the militarymen free.
S. Sargsyan held a press conference in the Caucasian office of Regnum
news agency in Yerevan today. He said that he is extremely
disappointed about drastically different sentences of the
courts. "Being a Defence Minister I have a question, which of the
courts acted right? The judgment of the two courts was imprisonment,
but that of the third – absolution. It is impossible that courts make
such different judgments", S. Sargsyan declared.
He added that he intends to make scrupulous queries to find out the
truth in the case. "I can’t definitely say whether these soldiers are
guilty or not", the Defence Minister pointed out.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
