Gor Vardanyan to appear in court
Head of the International Dukendo and Full-Contact Karate Federation, Actor Gor Vardanian didn’t appear in Court of First Instance of Kentron and Nork Marash Districts because of sickness, Vardanyan’s lawyer Naira Petrosyan told panorama.am.
The next hearing is scheduled on March 10.
“Both of us were sick and that was the reason we couldn’t attend the hearing. The court probably was late informed. However, we will attend the hearing on March 10,” Petrosyan said.
As reported earlier, large quantity of weapons and ammunition was discovered in Gor Vardanyan’s federation. The list included two unites of F-1 type grenades, 34 tracer bullets, AK-74 rifle bullets, one cartridge, a pack of detonating cord of«D-SH» type, three packs of “KD” explosives, 8 unites of grenade explosives and 0.5 kilograms of TNT explosive. Additionally, 77 training bullets of AK-74 rifle were seized from the safe.
The search was implemented in the scope of the criminal investigation into Arthur Safaryan’s death circumstances. The latter was the brother to a criminal authority nicknamed Tevosik.
The criminal case was instituted against Vardanyan under Article 235 $1 of the RA Criminal Code on account of illegal procurement of weapons and ammunition.
Vardanyan pleaded not guilty and says the weapons and the ammunition were acquired for a filmmaking.
A preventive measure of written obligation not leave the place was applied to him.