Epress.am News from Armenia
The Court of First Instance of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun Administrative Districts of Yerevan on Tuesday rejected activist Karo Yeghnukyan's complaint, with which he was asking the court to overturn the police decision to terminate persecution of the individual who committed a crime against him.
The court's actions, according to Yeghnukyan, was predictable and determined in advance, though the judge asked for time to go to the consultation room.
Recall, the case refers to the tires of Yeghnukyan's vehicle being slashed. The activist claims he is being persecuted because he organized protest demonstrations against the Covered Market, which now houses a Yerevan City supermarket, owned by ruling Republican Party of Armenia MP, oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan.
The police stated that it has identified the person guilty of the crime (though it did not name anyone); the person in question confessed his guilt, saying that he was drunk when he slashed the tires of the car. But the case was quashed due to the absence of corpus delicti.
The police assessed the damage valued at $1,000 USD at about 30,000 AMD (about $73).
Yeghnukyan informed Epress.am that he is preparing to appeal the decision at the Court of Appeals.