"We represented the existing situation. In particular, in an objective situation, the victims also gave exculpatory statements during the preliminary investigation, stating that Davit and Gor Hambardzumyan had nothing to do with the incidents described by them," Gayane Papoyan, the lawyer of the former head of the Masis extended community, Davit Hambardzumyan, said after the session in front of the court.
He noted that 9 victims and witnesses claimed this during the trial, but the court found that their testimonies were not credible, because the materials contained an operative note from an unspecified source, as if certain pressures were exerted on the victims and witnesses, but one of the witnesses said that the investigator wrote it, he signed it, and that operative note cannot be evidence.
"As far as Davit Hambardzumyan is concerned, everything is clear, because there is objective evidence in the case, a video recording, in which it is clearly seen that the victims are being beaten on one side and Davit and Gor Hambardzumyan are not participating in it," said the lawyer.
He mentioned that the court of first instance, presided over by Judge Chichoyan, based the case on an operative note, which cannot be considered as evidence.
At the end of the session, the court decided to partially satisfy the petition of the defender and to discourage Irina Ghukasyan, who takes care of the children, to visit Davit Hambardzumyan's place of residence. The court also excused Davit Hambardzumyan to go to "Vardanants" dental center on 16.02.2026 at 13:30-16:00 and to leave to the same dental center on 18.02.2026 at 12:30 and return to his place of residence at 15:00.
"The court rejects the motion of the defense to completely reject the ban, considering that there are not enough justifications and circumstances to satisfy it", the judge announced the decision and postponed the court session until March 11 at 15:00.
