Armenian court to announce verdict on Permyakov case on August 23
YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. An Armenian court trying Valery Permyakov, a serviceman from the Russian military base in Armenia’s second largest town of Gyumri, charged with killing a local seven-member family, will announce the verdict on August 23, Pastinfo legal information agency said today.
The trial was completed today. Permyakov’s lawyer Edward Aghajanyan did not speak about the murder as Permyakov fully admitted his guilt. The lawyer added that his client did not try to cross the border into Turkey ending up in the border area by accident. Aghajanyan proposed that Permyakov be justified on this episode. Permyakov refused from the last word.
Earlier the Armenian prosecutor Gevorg Gevorgyan demanded life imprisonment for Permyakov. The prosecution demanded to pronounce Permyakov guilty of murdering seven members of the Avetisyan family, combined with the robbery, as well as an attempt to illegally cross the border with Turkey.
On January 12, 2015, a family of seven, including two babies, was murdered in Gyumri. Suspect Valery Permyakov, was caught by Russian border troops as he attempted to cross Armenia-Turkey border. He confessed his guilt during the interrogation.
During the August 2015 trial Permyakov pleaded guilty and repented, but refused to testify during the trial. The Russian garrison military court sentenced him to 10 years in colony for desertion and theft of weapons. –0--
The trial was completed today. Permyakov’s lawyer Edward Aghajanyan did not speak about the murder as Permyakov fully admitted his guilt. The lawyer added that his client did not try to cross the border into Turkey ending up in the border area by accident. Aghajanyan proposed that Permyakov be justified on this episode. Permyakov refused from the last word.
Earlier the Armenian prosecutor Gevorg Gevorgyan demanded life imprisonment for Permyakov. The prosecution demanded to pronounce Permyakov guilty of murdering seven members of the Avetisyan family, combined with the robbery, as well as an attempt to illegally cross the border with Turkey.
On January 12, 2015, a family of seven, including two babies, was murdered in Gyumri. Suspect Valery Permyakov, was caught by Russian border troops as he attempted to cross Armenia-Turkey border. He confessed his guilt during the interrogation.
During the August 2015 trial Permyakov pleaded guilty and repented, but refused to testify during the trial. The Russian garrison military court sentenced him to 10 years in colony for desertion and theft of weapons. –0--