THE HUNGER-STRIKER FELT BAD IN THE COURTROOM
Support A1+!“I still claim that my son’s murderers are to be sentenced to life imprisonment. The date of my son’s murder does not correspond to the date mentioned in the trial - December 24,” The successor of Hovsep Mkrtumyan started the trial with the following words in the Court of Appeal on Criminal cases while hearing the case on the murder of the NKR Martakert regiment soldiers Hovsep Mkrtumyan and Roma Eghazaryan.
The defendants’ advocates came to the trial after the break and motivated their absence with the fact that their mediations were not taken into account and the trial was impartial. The judge refused the mediation of 3 advocates Stepan Oskanyan, Zarui Postanjyan and Atoyan saying that “the mediation is completely groundless.” At that moment Stepan Oskanyan addressed the judge, “Why is the court interested in finishing the hearing.”
Then Zarui Postajyan made a speech presenting the experts’ conclusions thoroughly which refuted the murder on that date. The judges reluctantly listened to her speech. After the speech the judges began their discussions and decided to refuse the mediation in a few minutes.
Let us mention that Arajik Zaryan, Musa Serobyan and Razmik Sargsyan accused of the murder went on hunger-strike. The latter is an awful state and is hardly taken to the courtroom. The hearing was cancelled because of his health till tomorrow.
