Yerevan's balloon blast case is over

The court trial into the balloon explosion in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan came to a close on Wednesday. As a result, defendant Serob Bozoyan was sentenced to one year in prison, Bozoyan’s attorney Karen Manucharyan told.

During the session, the legal defender motioned the court to apply a conditional sentence and noted that his client suffers from cancer.

In his closing remarks, Serob Bozoyan admitted his guilt and asked the court to consider as mitigating circumstances the fact that, before filling the balloons with methane gas, he had informed the event organizers about the dangerous nature of this gas.

Serob Bozoyan, who had filled these balloons, was charged with manufacturing and selling products not meeting safety regulations and causing harm to two or more people.