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Sentenced journalist
Judge of the Kentron and Nork-Marash districts first instance court Armen Khachatryan acknowledged photojournalist Gagik Shamshyan guilty today and sentenced him to a pay a 350,000 dram fine.
Gagik Shamshyan was charged with the 3rd part of Article 343 of the Criminal Code (disrespecting the judge).
The event took place during the trial of "Republic" party's political council member Smbat Ayvazyan in 2008 when the photojournalist allegedly insulted Gagik Avetisyan.
Based on the verdict, the photojournalist must pay the fine by November 2009, but the latter says that he is going to appeal the verdict. Gagik Shamshyan has even decided to take the case to the European Court after threatening the instance courts.
