YEREVAN. – Hovhannes Khudoyan, a lawyer for second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, has motioned to declare the evidence obtained by investigator Hrachya Musheghyan as inadmissible.

According to him, Musheghyan has committed many gross and obvious violations during the collection of materials for the criminal case involving Kocharyan. The lawyer also stated the reasons why this or that evidence may be declared inadmissible. "We record that investigator Musheghyan is subject to recusal. The number of mistakes is also a basis for removing him from the investigation,” Khudoyan said, adding that Musheghyan's partiality also attested to this. As an example, the lawyer stated that the attachment on all of Robert Kocharyan's property could not be considered legal.

As a result, the court partially lifted the attachment, which also speaks of the illegality of the investigator's actions, Khudoyan said.

The same investigator had set attachment on the property of the ex-President's family members, including the bank accounts and real estate of his two sons. The decision was appealed and partially annulled.

In addition to his passport, the confiscation of IDs at the time of Robert Kocharyan’s arrest was also a violation, Hovhannes Khudoyan said. Some of the confiscated property is still at the Special Investigation Service.