The Appeals Court denied the protest of the owner of Akhtala ore mining combine Serb Ter-Poghosyan today and left the verdict of the First Instance Court of Lori region unchanged, according to which the American-Armenian businessman was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for pedophilia. Serob Ter-Poghosyn is now under the control of the hospital after Mikaelyan now and according to press publications intends to avoid punishment this way.