YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. By the October 26 decision of first instance court of Kotayk region, former Nor Hachn Mayor, Armen Keshishian was recognized guilty of murdering head of Arzni power station, Ashot Mkhitarian, on 2005 September 24 and was sentenced to imprisonment of 3 years and 6 months. The case was brought to court with the qualification of "murder committed in aggravating circumstances, in a way dangerous for many people." However, Kotayk region Prosecutor Grigor Mikayelian, defending the prosecution at the court, taking as a basis the materials acquired during the examination, in particular, the conclusion of the forensic expertise, requalified the action as a murder committed in the state of great psychical agitation. According to the conclusion of the National Expertise Center specialists, at the moment of the action the defendant was in the state of psychical agitation. The court considered it proved that in the period preceding the incident the defendant had been repeatedly exposed by threats, insults, violence by the victim.

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