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A Yerevan court of general jurisdiction on Tuesday resumed hearings in the trial of Manvel Grigoryan, a retired Armenian army general and a former Republican lawmaker facing various criminal charges, and his spouse Nazik Amiryan.

The retired general, who has been receiving treatment in a civil hospital for several weeks, was taken to the courtroom on a wheelchair, hooked up to a ventilator.

Grigoryan is charged with embezzlement of army supplies and illegal procurement and possession of firearms and ammunition in large quantities in a prior agreement with his wife, son and several other individuals, tax evasion and extortion.

He was first arrested on 19 June last year after being stripped of his parliamentary immunity.

The ex-MP was freed from pre-trial arrest on 21 December on 25 million drams bail – a ruling appealed by the Prosecutor General’s Office.

On 22 January the Yerevan Court of Appeals ruled to re-arrest Grigoryan, who was hospitalized one month later.