YEREVAN, JUNE 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The court of first instance of Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash communities (chairman - Judge Mnatsakan Martirosian) on June 4 passed sentence on the case of robbery of two foreign currency exchange offices in Yerevan in January 2006. The court considered the charge brought by the investigation as substantiated and sentenced two of the gang members - Georgian citizen Andronik Torosian and Armenian citizen Sergei Movsisian to life imprisonment. According to materials of the case, A. Torosian initiated the "case" of robberies of two foreign currency exchange offices in Yerevan, formed a gang, with 3 out of its 5 members being citizens of Georgia. During the attack of robbers, Atrur Mkrtchain, who was in the exchange office at that time, was killed by S. Movsisian who stabbed him with a knife. By the sentence, another two Georgian citizens - Nuzgar Khositashvili and Karen Davtian were sentenced to 14 and 13 years' imprisonment respectively, while Armenian citizen Hayk Sargsian - to 8-years' imprisonment. The court fully satisfied the civil suit of the victim's legal successor Zhora Mkrtchian in the amount of 4 million drams.

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