Court determines who killed David Saralidze in high-profile Khorava street murder case
The father of a deceased minor says that justice has been partly restored.Photo: Mzia Saganelidze.
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Tbilisi Court of Appeals ruled earlier today that a 16-year-old David Saralidze, in a high-profile Khorava street murder case of two minors in 2017, was killed by another minor, G.J., with other unidentified individuals in central Tbilisi.
The City Court verdict last year on the murder case of David Saralidze and Levan Dadunashvili caused controversy as the court verdict failed to say who killed Saralidze.
One of the detainees G.B. was found guilty for the premeditated murder of Dadunashvili, while another detainee G.J. was found guilty for attempted murder of David Saralidze.
The verdict led to street rallies and resignation of then Chief Prosecutor of Georgia Irakli Shotadze.
David Saralidze (L) and Levan Dadunashvili. Photo: Reginfo.
Now the Court of Appeals says that Saralidze was killed by G.J. and the latter, who was also minor that time, committed the offence with other unidentified individuals.
The court has sent G.J. to 11 years and three months in prison for premeditated murder, similar as G.B, as both were minors when the incident took place.
Father of David Saralidze, Zaza Saralidze has told the media that the “justice is partially restored.”
For the first time in 1.5 years I have the feeling that the justice will restore. You have seen my fight for this over the past months. Justice has been partly restored today. However, I will fight to the end to hold all those involved in the crime accountable,” Saralidze said.
He called upon everyone to refrain from “using his tragedy and family” for their political goals.
The verdict might be appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Tbilisi City Court has sentenced former official of the Prosecutor’s Office Mirza Subeliani to 13 months in prison.
Tbilisi city court has sent a fourth individual to prison for the high-profile murder case on Khorava Street in central Tbilisi last year, claiming the lives of two minors - David Saralidze and Levan Dadunashvili.
The police have detained Zaza Saralidze today, whose son was killed in a school brawl last year and who has been demanding the punishment of the “offenders who still walk free.”
Former high ranking official of the Prosecutor’s Office Mirza Subeliani was sentenced to pre-trial detention at a court session yesterday, charged with failing to inform the authorities of a murder.
A main witness in the high-profile murder case of two minors in Tbilisi in 2017, Mikheil Kalandia, has been detained earlier today on charges of the murder of one of the minors, David Saralidze. Kalandia changed his testimony several times during the investigation.
The main witness in the high-profile murder case in Tbilisi in December 2017, Mikheil Kalandia, has been officially charged with the murder of one of the minors, David Saralidze. Kalandia has been charged for intentional murder of a miner committed by a group of persons in aggravating circumstances.
One of the main witnesses in the high-profile murder case of two schoolboys in 2017 in a school brawl, who was also a minor that time, Mikheil Kalandia has been sent to pre-trial detention. Kalandia was charged with premediated murder of David Saralidze by a group, in aggravating circumstances yesterday.
Tbilisi City Court has ruled not to release Mikheil Kalandia, charged with the premediated murder in a high-profile murder case, from pre-trial detention.
Ruling party MPs Mamuka Mdinaradze and Giorgi Volski have promised to vote again for Irakli Shotadze, “a professional and a worthy man,” if he is selected as the country’s prosecutor general by the Prosecutorial Council in the coming months. Zaza Saralidze, father of deceased minor David Saralidze, whose son’s case became the reason for Shotadze’s resignation, says that Shotadze’s “return to the battlefield will be dignified.”
Tbilisi City Court has found Mikheil Kalandia, age 20, guilty of the premeditated murder of David Saralidze in the high-profile murder case of two minors in Tbilisi in a school brawl back in 2017.
Court of Appeals has upheld the verdict of Tbilisi City Court earlier today and found Mikheil Kalandia, age 20, guilty of the premeditated murder of David Saralidze in the high-profile murder case of two minors in Tbilisi in a school brawl back in 2017.
Police have detained one individual, identified only as G.M. (born in 2001) for premeditated murder of minor Davit Saralidze.