22/10/2013 20:57
Sedrakian’s lawyer intends to file complaint to Court of Appeals
Alexander Sirunian, the lawyer of former presidential candidate Vardan Sedrakian who got 14 years in prison, will appeal the court decision to the Court of Appeals, the Sirunian legal advice office said.
We would remind you that Vardan Sedrakian got 14 years in prison. He was charged under the RA Criminal Code’s Article 305 (murder of a state, political or public figure). According to the criminal case materials, while running as a candidate in the February 18, 2013 presidential elections in Armenia, Sedrakian together with his associates Samvel Harutyunian and Khachatur Poghosian ordered, during the election campaign in January 2013, the murder of another presidential candidate, leader of AIM party Paruyr Hayrikian.