Will the real culprit be punished?
Today the Court of Appeals held the first trial for the case of Vahan Khalafyan. Vahan Khalafyan was arrested on 13 April 2010, taken to the Charentsavan police headquarters after being suspected of theft and brought out dead.
According to the official version, he was attacked and committed suicide.
The prosecutor, as well as the culprits and the injured party's successors have appealed to the Court of Appeals.
According to the verdict announced on 29 November 2010, Head of the Department of Criminal Investigation at the Charentsavan police headquarters Ashot Harutyunyan has been sentenced to 8 years in prison and senior criminal police officer of the same department Moris Hayrapetyan has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. The department's criminal police officers Gagik Davtyan and Garik Ghazaryan have been acknowledged as innocent.
The prosecution finds that there has to be an accusatory verdict against the warranted defendants.
Representative of the injured party's successor Artak Zeynalyan presented a challenge petition to the judges and the prosecutors, but it was denied.
The next trial will be held on February 22.
