A criminal case has been instituted against the ex-mayor of Gyumri, Vardan Ghukasyan, for contempt of court.
During the court session on the murder of Ghukasyan's son-in-law, Ghukasyan insulted the court and the defendant's lawyer Lusine Sahakyan. He refused to answer her questions and called her a devil.
In this connection, Lusine Sahakyan applied to the Shirak Prosecutor's Office. Earlier journalists reported that Ghukasyan had beat the defendant's father, ex-head of Ani Police Samvel Sargsyan and the latter was taken to the Gyumri Medical Center with preinfarction angina.
To note, Karen Yesayan, who had been engaged to Ghukasyan's daughter, was killed on 12 April 2012. Three days later Haroutyun Sargsyan, the son of the ex-head of Ani Police, was arrested on the murder suspicion.