Former Artsakh Defense Army commander attempting to evade  his  sentence - representative of victims

ArmInfo.  Today, a court hearing was held in the Criminal Court of Appeals regarding the case of former Defense Minister of Artsakh Jalal Harutyunyan. The reason  for the hearing was Jalal Harutyunyan's failure to receive the  court's decision. Liparit Simonyan, the representative of the legal  successors of the victims, shared this information on his Facebook  page.

Simonyan pointed out that it is becoming obvious that the accused is  intentionally avoiding receiving the court decision, in order to  reach the statute of limitations and avoid serving his sentence. The  Court of Appeals tried to deliver the decision twice by mail and once  in person, but he never received it.

According to the court, Jalal Harutyunyan's actions were deemed as an  abuse of rights because he was notified of today's court hearing but  did not appear, and although he knew the court order was being sent  to him he claimed he did not receive it. "Although Jalal Harutyunyan  notified of his whereabouts in writing and promised to receive the  court order, the injured party believes that he will once again avoid  receiving the court's decision. It is obvious that a person in the  rank of lieutenant general wants to evade serving the sentence  imposed by the court's verdict, is trying to evade serving the  sentence, and this person was entrusted with leading an entire  defense army, and, naturally, what should have been the result of a  44-day war," Liparit Simonyan wrote.