Man Gets Life Sentence for Spousal Abuse

In one of the first domestic violence cases of its kind, a 23-year-old man convicted of torturing and abusing his wife was sentenced Friday to life in prison.

Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Kathryne Ann Stoltz said Andranik Arabyan “must take full responsibility for what he did.” Arabyan will be eligible for parole in seven years, she said.

Arabyan was convicted in July of abusing his wife, Marine Harutynan, now 19, for four years. Twice, he tied up his wife, locked her in a bathroom and burned her wrists with a cigarette, Deputy Dist. Atty. Jennifer Turkat said.

“There were just too many acts of violence, too many to count,” Turkat said. “Once the violence started in the marriage, then it began occurring two to three times a month.”