Found guilty and sentenced to 8 years in prison

The Court sentenced A. Mikayelyan to imprisonment for supporting exploitation of people through prostitution, illegal selling of narcotic drugs and illegal keeping of weapons.

During the preliminary investigation it has been stated that in the summer of 2010 A. Mikayelyan served as a body guard to H. Davtyan and watched N. M., S. S. and L. K. all day long who had been recruited by H. Davtyan for exploitation through prostitution.

He knew that H. Davtyan used violence dangerous for life and health against N. M. and S. S. and parked his car in front of the victims’ houses and informed H. Davtyan about their actions. He also accompanied them when going to the meetings with the customers and them met them in order to provide their security. Thus A. Mikayelyan helped H. Davtyan in the exploitation of the above-mentioned persons till November 28, 2010.

It has also been proved that A. Mikayelyan produced marijuana by crushing the leaves taken from hemp bush in 2010 and in October 2010 illegally treated the obtained narcotic drug to H. Davtyan, N. M., S. S. and L. K. Besides, A. Mikayelyan obtained a knife and kept it on 28 November, 2010.

According to the pre-trial evidence H. Davtyan exploited N. M. by promising to marry her, involved her in prostitution and took the money earned by her. In addition, it has been proved that H. Davtyan raped L. K..

The Court of First Instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash administrative districts found A. Mikayelyan guilty according to the RA Criminal Code Articles 38-132, part 2, points 1 and 4, 266, part 1 and 235, part 4 and sentenced him to 8 years in prison.

According to the results of the double forensic examination carried out on 17 June, 2011, H. Davtyan suffers from arteriovenous malformation of left temporal cervical lobes, moderate right-sided hemiparesis and partial sensorimotor aphasia as a result of spontaneous parenchymatous- subarachnoid cerebral haemorrhage and shock syndrome and he was unable to participate in the criminal proceedings.

A decision was made to change A. Davtyan’s pretrial measure and on 2 February, 2012 it was decided to suspend the criminal case pursuant to the Article 31, part 1, point 4 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code.

The names of the victims are changed.

Note: Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.