Eyewitnesses not in the scenes
The Kentron and Nork-Marash districts' first instance court continued the trial of former Mayor of Abovyan, Grigor Voskerchyan's trial today.
The items under investigation today were the DVDs. But before starting the investigation, prosecutor Ashot Nadoyan petitioned to hold Grigor Voskerchyan's advocates Mushegh Shushanyan and Stepan Voskanyan liable for not showing up to the previous trial and address the Chamber of Lawyers.
Judge Gagik Poghosyan partially approved the petition and warned that stricter sanctions would be applied next time.
Mushegh Shushanyan said that he had informed the judge in advance that he had a trial to attend on June 10, but the judge had still set the trial for that date. As for Stepan Voskanyan, hehad personal issues.
Watching the DVDs, Grigor Voskerchyan, who is charged for organizing mass disturbances, asked to stop the scenes where his eyewitnesses are shown because that would be the only way to prove that he is innocent.
The judge approved the petition only for the witnesses, but none of the witnesses "appeared" during the showing.
There were 5 DVDs under investigation today. While investigating the another DVD that showed some people breaking a "Niva" car, Voskerchyan drew the court's attention to this and said that none of the people had been punished to date.
The judge replied by saying that they will be punished if Voskerchyan gave the names.
"I would give their names with pleasure, if I knew them. Fortunately, only the police have that opportunity," said Voskerchyan.
