Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the trial court on violation  of the presumption of innocence of Robert and Sedrak Kocharyans by  the heads of the NSS and the SIS

ArmInfo.The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the trial court on the violation of the presumption of innocence of Robert Kocharyan by the heads of the  National Security Service and Special Investigation Service Artur  Vanetsyan and Sasun Khachatryan respectively.  Kocharyan's lawyer  Hayk Alumyan reported this.

Earlier - in February 2019, the court of first instance granted the  request of Kocharyan's defense for violating the presumption of his  innocence by Sasun Khachatryan, who during the preliminary  investigation accused the second president of overthrowing the  constitutional order, while the court has not yet issued such a  verdict. The Prosecutor General's Office, however, appealed against  the decision of the trial court.  However, the Court of Appeal upheld  the decision of the trial court, finding the SIS head guilty of  violating the presumption of innocence of Kocharyan Sr.

The court also rejected the second complaint of the Prosecutor  General's Office regarding the revision of the decision of the trial  court, which accused the head of the National Security Service Artur  Vanetsyan of violating the presumption of innocence of Robert  Kocharyan's son - Sedrak Kocharyan.

Earlier, Kocharyan Jr. appealed to the court of first instance with a  request to find the head of the NSS guilty of violating the  presumption of his innocence. Vanetsyan, in particular, during a  press conference accused Kocharyan Sr. of tax evasion and  legalization of illegal proceeds. Meanwhile, there was no  corresponding court verdict. The court of first instance found  Vanetsyan guilty in February 2019 of violating the presumption of  innocence of Kocharyan Jr., however the Prosecutor General's Office  appealed against this decision. However, the Court of Appeal did not  satisfy the claim of the Prosecutor General.