{"id":132131,"date":"2011-10-03T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T09:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=132131"},"modified":"2011-10-03T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T09:44:55","slug":"zaruhi-petrosyan-didnt-poison-herself-doctors-refute-defense-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/10\/03\/zaruhi-petrosyan-didnt-poison-herself-doctors-refute-defense-claims.html","title":{"rendered":"Zaruhi Petrosyan Didn&#8217;t Poison Herself. Doctors Refute Defense Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical examiners Dr. Sargsyan and Dr. Melikyan testified in court on Sept. 30 as part of the ongoing Zaruhi Petrosyan murder trial, the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/vawcoalition\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> in Armenia reported. Dr. Melikyan stated that he did not find any traces of poison upon examination of the body. Thus, the defense&#8217;s claim that Zaruhi tied from self-inflicted poisoning was refuted.<\/p>\n<p>Also refuted was the claim that Zaruhi&#8217;s cause of death and injuries were from falling down the stairs. According to Dr. Sargsyan, she could not have received such injuries by falling down the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>Then the defense presented several motions, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a re-examination of the body (that is, the autopsy);<\/li>\n<li>the re-examination of the following witnesses: Asia Zakaryan, David Hakobyan and Hayastan Petrosyan&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>a re-examination of Zaruhi Petrosyan&#8217;s phone; and<\/li>\n<li>a court appointment of a psychological examination of the accused, Yanis Sarkisov.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All motions were rejected.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution stated that all witnesses were examined and gave their testimonies, which were crystal clear, while all such actions are merely aimed at delaying the trial.<\/p>\n<p>The judge declared the trial&#8217;s examination period completed. He then gave both parties 10 days to prepare for the next stage of the trial when parties will debate the facts.<\/p>\n<p>The next court session will be held on Oct. 14 at 12 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Recall, 20-year-old Petrosyan died on Oct. 1, 2010, as a result of repeated psychological and physical abuse at the hands of her husband (Sarkisov) and his mother. Subsequently, a group of 7 local NGOs formed the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia and are monitoring the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Coalition has organized a <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=223644287693665\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">candlelight vigil<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> to mark the one-year anniversary of Zaruhi&#8217;s death and invites all those interested to participate in the vigil which will take place near Swan Lake in Yerevan at 6 pm today.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical examiners Dr. Sargsyan and Dr. Melikyan testified in court on Sept. 30 as part of the ongoing Zaruhi Petrosyan murder trial&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[18388,18453,16515,17515,14612],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}