Russian serviceman Permyakov gets life sentence for killing seven people in Armenia
YEREVAN. Aug 23 (Interfax) - A court which held a session on the premises of Russia's 102nd military base in Gyumri, Armenia on Tuesday gave a life sentence to Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov, who killed seven members of the Armenian Avetisyan family, an Interfax correspondent reported.
Permyakov had earlier refused to testify, but had fully admitted his guilt.
The court found Permyakov guilty on all of the charges brought against him - the murder of seven members of the Avetisyan family, a robbery attack and an attempt to illegally cross the border.
Seven members of the Avetisyan family, including two minors, were killed in Gyumri on January 12, 2015.
Permyakov was charged under the articles 'murder of two or more people committed with extreme brutality; for financial gain, contract killing, also involving extortion, robbery and banditry', 'robbery involving breaking and entering of a home, storage or premises, with use of weapons and other items used as weapons' and 'illegal state border crossing' of the Armenian Criminal Code.
On August 12, 2015, the Russian military garrison court in Gyumri found Permyakov guilty of desertion, theft of arms and illegal bearing of arms, sentencing him to ten years in a maximum security penitentiary. This criminal case was separated from the one related to the killing in Gyumri itself.