YEREVAN. - Yanis Sarkisov, who had beaten his wife Zaruhi Petrosyan, 20, to death has stopped his hunger strike.

Sarkisov was protesting against the court’s decision, Justice Ministry Prison Department Public Relations Division Chief Gor Ghlechyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. To note, Yanis Sarkisov was sentenced to ten years in prison for murdering his 20-year-old wife, Zaruhi Petrosyan.

Sarkisov’s attorney had filed a complaint and claimed that Zaruhi had committed suicide because of another relationship. But the Court of Appeals considered the attorney’s appeal unsubstantiated and did not acquit Sarkisov. The First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction had sentenced Yanis Sarkisov to ten years for cruelly beating his wife to death.