Judge Anna Danibekyan will be among ‘those responsible for any health risks’, says Kocharyan's lawyer
"We are experiencing an extraordinary situation when we are recording a daily three-digit increase in the number of coronavirus cases. Whereas, at least 30 people attended the court hearing. In this case, the judge, Mrs. Anna Danibekyan, is the one bearing responsibility," Robert Kocharyan's lawyer Aram Vardevanyan told reporters after a court hearing in the ex-president’s case on Tuesday.
He stressed that taking all this into account, they had petitioned the court to release the former president from custody pending the outcome of his trial.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's lawyer Karen Mezhlumyan, whose spouse, lawyer Inessa Petrosyan has tested positive for Covid-19, was present at the previous hearing in the case.
"Let me make it clear that Anna Danibekyan will be among those responsible for any health risks stemming from the arrest," the lawyer said.