“I’m the only pigeon fancier left in the village,” Sargis boasted.
The defendant never heard the sentence read out loud by Judge Armen Bektashyan. Not following the judge’s demand that all stand during the declaration of the sentence, Kyureghyan was whisked from the courtroom.
Armenia’s National Assembly President Galoust Sahakyan rejected a suggestion by HAK (Armenian National Congress) MP Levon Zourabyan that the current session be televised live given that the main topic of discussion was the framing of a new constitution.