By Amalya Margaryan

A Yerevan court has rejected parole for Alik Grigoryan, who has served 18 years’ imprisonment on charges of engaging in criminal activities as a member of the Armen Ter-Sahakyan gang.

In court, Grigoryan made the case that he has been a model prisoner and hasn’t received any reprimands for the past five years.

Armen Petrosyan, a representative of the Nubarashen Penitentiary, where Grigoryan is serving a life sentence, noted that the convict had received two reprimands for violating prison rules in 2011.

Grigoryan told the court that he wants to be released in order to take care of his son, wounded by an Azerbaijani sniper.