Epress.am News from Armenia
Criminal proceedings over the incident that occurred in the courtroom while the verdict in the "Harsnaqar case" was being read have been launched with the investigative department of the Nor Nork Police Division under the charge of "contemptuous treatment of court" (RA Criminal Code Article 343 Section 1). This news was conveyed to Yerkir.am [AM] by Shahen Tonoyan, head of the Public Relations Department of the RA Prosecutor General's Office.
According to him, the grounds for launching criminal proceedings were the contents of the audio recording of the court session examined by the RA Prosecutor General's Office, as well as videos disseminated by the local media.
Recall, on March 24, Judge Davit Harutyunyan in the Court of First Instance of Avan and Nor Nork Communities of Yerevan sentenced the defendants in the "Harsnaqar case" to 12 years in prison.
After the verdict was announced, there was a commotion in the courtroom. Relatives of the accused began to curse the court and the prosecutor, then subsequently insulted journalists who were covering the trial.