Court hearing for former Prosecutor General of Armenia postponed due  to absence of his lawyers

ArmInfo.  The Anti-Corruption Court hearing for the case of former RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan, scheduled for April 13, has been postponed due to the absence of his lawyers.

Presiding Judge Tigran Davtyan noted that the court had received  motions from the defense. Lawyers Anna Mantashyan and Erik Aleksanyan  stated that they would be unable to attend due to workloads from  other hearings. Furthermore, lawyer Yerem Sargsyan verbally informed  the court of his poor health. In this situation, the defendant,  Aghvan Hovsepyan, stated that the hearing could not take place  without his lawyers.

In this regard, Judge Tigran Davtyan pointed out the defense's  disrespectful attitude toward the court, as the date and time of the  hearing had been agreed upon by all parties.

The next court hearing is scheduled for May 14 at 9:30 AM.

As a reminder, Aghvan Hovsepyan, who served as the Prosecutor General  of the Republic of Armenia from March 18, 2004 to September 13, 2013,  and as the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of  Armenia from July 18, 2014 to June 11, 2018, was actively engaged in  entrepreneurial activity, despite having no right to do so. He  personally and through his sons and other representatives  participated in the management of organizations engaged in  entrepreneurial activity, granting them privileges and advantages,  thereby laundering a particularly large amount of criminally obtained  money.