04:51, 14 June 2014

Yerevan: trial of Volodya Avetisyan postponed because of incident of judge with defendant's supporters

In Armenia, the court of general jurisdiction of the administrative districts of Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeitun held a court hearing on the case against Volodya Avetisyan, a Karabakh War veteran. During the court hearing, the judge and the defendant's supporters started a verbal altercation. As a result, the judge postponed the trial for indefinite term and left the courtroom. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"The behaviour of the judge gives us the right to file a complaint against him to the Armenian Council of Justice. I cannot rule out that he makes such provocations to conduct the court hearings behind closed doors. Meanwhile, the judge has mentioned the above form of court hearings yet prior to the incident. He has warned the audience that the trial will be conducted behind closed doors in case if supporters of Volodya Avetisyan interfere with the court hearings," the Volodya Avetisyan's advocate told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Until present, the court and the prosecutors have not yet commented on the progress of the trial and the incident at the court hearing held on June 13.

Author: Armine Martirosyan

Source: CK correspondent