Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Shot and stab victim 'killed in family feud'

11 October 2005
Peterborough Today

Hovahannes Amirian (43), from Armenia, was found shot and stabbed in a field in Upton, near Peterborough, in December 2002. His body had also been set on fire.

Nishan Bakunts (28) and his father-in-law, Misha Chatsjatrjan (44), were charged after an exhaustive two-year police investigation to establish the dead man's identity and track down his killers.

The pair, who are also from Armenia, have appeared at Norwich Crown Court. The court heard how they allegedly killed Mr Amirian over a "family quarrel", before trying to destroy evidence linking them to the crime.
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