ArmInfo. The court of Goris has found the relatives and persons in the Syunik Governor's circle guilty and has sentenced them to various periods of imprisonment.
The trial on the case involving the relatives and persons in Syunik Governor Surik Khachatryan's circle is over. The court of general jurisdiction has found all the defendants guilty. The governor's brother Aghalar Khachatryan and another participant in the incident, Shahum Davtyan, have been sentenced to 6 months in jail. The governor's nephew Eyner Khachatryan and another participant in the incident Derenik Hakobyan have been sentenced to 1 year in jail. Mais Khachatryan, another nephew of the governor, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in jail, and Yuri Manucharyan, one more participant in the incident, has been sentenced to 4.5 years in jail. According to the indictment, Yuri Manucharyan, Derenik Hakobyan, Shahum Davtyan, Eyner Khachatryan and Mais Khachatryan brutally beat Mushegh Zaqaryan on 2 May 2015.
To note, the prosecutor demanded even a severer sentence for the defendants. Nevertheless, lawyer Armen Melkonyan says that they are going to dispute the verdict.
In November 2015, the Investigative Committee of Armenia issued a press release saying that through preliminary investigation it was grounded that Zaqaryan brothers had been inflicted bodily damages during the row that took place at the area called "Sdghi Gyol" in Goris.
It was found that on May 2, 2015 at about 3 pm in Ankakhutyun Str. of Goris there was a road accident; two cars crashed as the result of which the side mirror of the car driven by M. Zaqaryan was damaged. In order to make clarifications on this issue, having reached a prior agreement, on the same day at about 5 pm the participants of the incident met at the area called "Sdghi Gyol" in Goris. During the row that erupted between them violence was used against Mushegh and Harutyun Zaqaryan brothers by a group of persons. During the row M. Zaqaryan was hit by a group of persons who had a joint intention to batter him. As a result, M. Zaqaryan was inflicted medium gravity damage. According to the obtained evidence Yu. Manucharyan hit different parts of M. Zaqaryan's body, face with hands and feet, he also hit the latter's head with a muffler of the car. Sh. Davtyan, D. Hakobyan, S., E. and M. Khachatryans had their direct participation in the violence used against him. They also hit him with hands and feet and M. Khachatryan hit M. Zaqaryan's head with a bludgeon. Particularly, Sh. Davtyan, D. Hakobyan and M. Khachatryan hit his face and different parts of his body with hands and feet, M. Khachatryan also hit M. Zaqaryan's head with a bludgeon. Seyran and Eyner Khachatryans hit different parts of Mushegh Zaqaryan's body with hands and feet. Besides, according to investigation data, during the mentioned brawl Y. Manucharyan hit H. Zaqaryan's face twice with a foot. The first blow was struck to Harutyun Zaqaryan's frontal right part, the second one was struck to the right eye which caused loss of vision. As a result, medium gravity damage was inflicted to Mushegh Zaqaryan's health, and heavy damage was inflicted to Harutyun Zaqaryan's health.
On the base of the evidence obtained during pretrial proceeding Yuri Manucharyan was charged according to the Part 1 of the Article 112 and the Point 3 of the Part 2 of the Article 113 of RA Criminal Code. Derenik Hakobyan, Shahum Davtyan, Mayis, Eyner and Seyran Khachatryans were charged according to the Point 3 of the Part 2 of the Article 113 of RA Criminal Code. The criminal case with the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor supervising the legality of preliminary investigation. The bill of indictment was confirmed and the criminal case was sent to court, the Investigative Committee's press release said.
The Zakaryan brothers said that the Syunik governor's son Tigran was also involved in the incident, though Governor Khachatryan denied his son's participation in the incident in every possible way. Nevertheless, his son Tigran was also detained, but the criminal case against him was dismissed shortly after. Earlier, Harutyun Zaqaryan said that it was Tigran Khachatryan that hit him in the eye. Later, however, he changed his testimonies. Meanwhile, the Zaqaryan brothers' father Gagik Zaqaryan told ArmInfo that they did not change their testimonies. "Even if Tigran Khachatryan did not hit my son in the eye, he participated in the incident and must also be held accountable," he said.