Haik Kyureghyan Appealed the First Instance Court Guilty Verdict
14:29, October 24, 2015 | News, Own newsHCA Vanadzor hereby informs that with the help of the Organization and attorney Mushegh Shushanyan, on October 23, 2015, Hayk Kyureghyan appealed the guilty verdict by the General Jurisdiction Court of First Instance of Yerevan Kentron and Nork Marash administrative districts dated September 15, 2015. The verdict sentenced H. Kyureghyan to 9 years of imprisonment and found him guilty of the crimes under Article 316(2) and Article 258(4) of the RA Criminal Code. Note that on June 12, 2014, H. Kyureghyan, in an attempt to obstruct the trial on the case of Shant Harutyunyan and Friends at General Jurisdiction Court of Kentron and Nork-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan, climbed on a Mitsubishi Pajero Io vehicle in the area of the court to demonstrate his protest and shot with an air pistol on the police officers on service in the areas. Then H. Kyureghyan was arrested and taken to the police by use of violence. Under the criminal case initiated he was charged with crimes under Article 316(2) and Article 258(4) of the RA Criminal Court.