VERDICT ON MURDER OF HEAD OF PUBLIC TV AND RADIO OF ARMENIA TIGRAN NAGHDALIAN ANNOUNCED

Today the Yerevan court announced the verdict on the case of murder of chairman of the Council of the Public TV and Radio of Armenia Tigran Naghdalian, shot last December. According to it, Armen Sargsian (brother of ex-premier Vazgen Sargsian) accused in organizing the crime, is sentenced to 15 years of deprivation of liberty. The executor of the crime – John Harutyunian – got a similar punishment. The accomplices – Felix Arustamian, Gegham Shahbazian, Hovhannes Harutyunian and Grigor Petrosian are condemned to various terms of imprisonment. Having got conditional sentence, four other accused were released right in the court hall. As representative of the victim – Tigran Naghdalian’s sister – Karine Naghdalian told journalists, the court verdict was very light, as, in her opinion, the one who ordered the crime and the direct executor should have been sentenced to extreme penalty.