Samvel Babayan to remain in custody: updated (video)
14:40 Judge Arshak Vardanyan rejected the mediation of Samvel Babayan’s advocate on removing the sequestration on Samvel Babayan’s property. According to another decision, the Judge allowed the family and relatives of Samvel Babayan to visit him and have phone calls. The Court also rejected the mediation on eliminating the precautionary measure of Samvel Babayan. The Judge found that in freedom Babayan may hinder the course of the case. According to the Court, Samvel Babayan is accused of serious crime and it is necessary to remain in custody. By the way, defendant Sanasar Gabrielyan refused his advocates. The court hearing will continue next Monday. 12:40 “I don’t accept the charges levied against me, it is an invented story, I am ready to answer all the questions,” said Samvel Babayan today at the Court on the charge levied against him. Charges were levied against Samvel Babayan according to the Criminal Code Article 190 and Article 38-235 Part 2. According to the accusation, Samvel Babayan illegally obtained EUR 5,000, as well as Igla weapon. Sanasar Gabrielyan also doesn’t accept the charges levied against him. He claimed that the Prosecutor hasn’t fully read the indictment. “We should here add ‘three apples fell from heaven’,” in this way Gabrielyan hinted that the charges levied against him are like a tale. According to the accusation, he supported Babayan to obtain Igla weapon. Avetis Kalashyan, advocate of Samvel Babayan, mediated to remove the decision on sequestration on Samvel Babayan’s property, “Sequestration on the property isn’t intended in case of Samvel Babayan, please uphold the mediation.” The Prosecutor declined the mediation, noting that the decision on sequestration is necessary for judicial expenses. Avetis Kalashyan answered that until the decision hasn’t entered into force, the property doesn’t need to be in sequestration. The second mediation of Babayan’s lawyer was on elimination of the ban on meetings with family members. The Prosecutor didn’t oppose to this mediation, “This mediation can be partially upheld.” The third mediation related to eliminating the precautionary measure, detention, of Samvel Babayan. The Prosecutor rejected the mediation.
