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ALAVERDI PROSECUTOR CHANGES STORY RE: IDENTITY OF 2ND SUSPECT IN SEXUAL ASSAULT OF MINOR
Larisa Paremuzyan
hetq
13:04, May 15, 2012
Readers will remember the Hetq story about a 17 year-old girl who
claimed to have been sexually molested on March 19 in the town of
Alaverdi.
Tumanyan municipal police had arrested Alaverdi resident Aramo Avetyan
and another individual on charges of committing a violent sexual
assault against the minor. Now it turns out that local prosecutors
say there isn't enough evidence to press criminal charges.
Rudolph Stepanyan, who heads the Alaverdi Prosecutor's Office,
recently told Hetq that nothing has changed in the case.
In an apparent about-face, Stepanyan now says they don't have
sufficient evidence as to the identity or whereabouts of the second
culprit, a man called Varuzhan, to issue a search.
Back in April, Stepanyan had told Hetq that they had revealed the
identity of the man who wasn't a citizen of Armenia, and that law
enforcement was ready to issue an all points bulletin for him.
Lori Regional Prosecutor has since freed Aramo Avetyan from pre-trial
detention on his promise that he doesn't leave Alaverdi.
Stepanyan told Hetq that the case would be sent to the courts but he
couldn't say when.
From: Baghdasarian
Larisa Paremuzyan
hetq
13:04, May 15, 2012
Readers will remember the Hetq story about a 17 year-old girl who
claimed to have been sexually molested on March 19 in the town of
Alaverdi.
Tumanyan municipal police had arrested Alaverdi resident Aramo Avetyan
and another individual on charges of committing a violent sexual
assault against the minor. Now it turns out that local prosecutors
say there isn't enough evidence to press criminal charges.
Rudolph Stepanyan, who heads the Alaverdi Prosecutor's Office,
recently told Hetq that nothing has changed in the case.
In an apparent about-face, Stepanyan now says they don't have
sufficient evidence as to the identity or whereabouts of the second
culprit, a man called Varuzhan, to issue a search.
Back in April, Stepanyan had told Hetq that they had revealed the
identity of the man who wasn't a citizen of Armenia, and that law
enforcement was ready to issue an all points bulletin for him.
Lori Regional Prosecutor has since freed Aramo Avetyan from pre-trial
detention on his promise that he doesn't leave Alaverdi.
Stepanyan told Hetq that the case would be sent to the courts but he
couldn't say when.
From: Baghdasarian