Yerevan court adjourns hearing after indicted Armenian Gen. Manvel Grigoryan falls ill

A Yerevan court had to adjourn the hearing in the trial of Manvel Grigoryan, a retired Armenian army general and a former Republican lawmaker facing various criminal charges, after the latter fell sick at the courtroom.

President judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan announced a 30-minute break after the ex-official’s lawyer Arsen Mkrtchyan made such a request. The judge said the hearing may be possible to resume after Grigoryan receives medical care.

The retired general, who has been receiving treatment in a civil hospital for several months, was brought to the court building with an ambulance and taken to the courtroom on a wheelchair.

He 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.