Justice Armenian "Koko" style

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I was cleaning the house and sorting through some old magazines when my eyes cought hold of AIM magazine April 02 issue. Leafing through the pages I came across the story titled “A killer walks free” with a sordid picture of a courtroom, a fat bold judge and rather innocent “butcher” demeanor Aghamal Harutiunian-known locally as Koko who was charged with killing Poghosian, a Georgian Armenian on the mission to get funds for a school. Koko was Robert Kocharian’s bodygourd who was present along with seven other bodyguards presiding to provide security for Kocharian at a nightclub. Poghosian friendly remark to Kocharian on the way out resulted koko and his bodyguards smashing Poghosian’s head repeatedly on the floor and killing him brutally and left in the toilet to die.

There were eyewitnesses to this crime and the evidence against Harutiunian was overwhelming but regretfully Koko was charged for only two years for killing a human being and with good behavior, he could go free less then a year.

WITNESS IN CAFE DEATH THREATENED. Andranik Poghosian ( victim’s brother) said on 21 January at the trial of Aghamal Harutiunian, a member of President Robert Kocharian's bodyguard accused of the manslaughter of Poghosian's brother Poghos, that he received a telephone threat three days earlier, according to Arminfo, as cited by Groong. ("RFE/RL Newsline," 22 January)First step towards democracy and transparency is to clean up the judicial system.This really angers me when these thugs get away with murder. This case pissed me up greatly then and still does now.