Police detain father of teenager murdered in December for attacking police officers
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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.”
Saralidze was detained for attacking a policemen who did not allow him to open tents in front of the Tbilisi parliament building.
Videos went viral in which Saralidze can be seen running towards policemen with a metal stick and then hitting them.
If found guilty, Saralidze will be sent to prison for four to seven years.
Deputy Interior Minister Natia Mezvrishvili said that the Interior Ministry many times “closed eyes” on Saralidze’s abusive actions to police [verbal abuse] taking his condition [death of his son]into account. However, this time, “he exceeded all limits” and physically abused police.
Two other individuals who disobeyed police are facing fines or 15-day imprisonment.
Two 16-year-old boys were killed in central Tbilisi in December 2017.
Since the court verdict failed to identify the actual killer of 16-year-old David Saralidze who died from multiple knife wounds, his father Zaza Saralidze started a protest rally in the end of May demanding the government hold accountable the actual killers.
The rallies led to the resignation of former Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze.
Several individuals have been detained for the murder case, among them is former top official of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office Mirza Subeliani, who is charged for failing to report the crime.
However, Saralidze says that there are other “offenders” who have not been detained.
The Interior Ministry says that the investigation is in progress.
Saralidze has not been allowed several times to open tents in front of the parliament building before, as this could block the entrance to the building.
Former high ranking official of the Prosecutor’s Office Mirza Subeliani was arrested today by the Ministry of Internal Affairs And charged with failing to inform about a murder.
The Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated at today’s governmental meeting that unlike the previous state leadership, the Georgian Dream government listens to the people.
The Tbilisi City Court verdict on the high profile murder case of two teenagers in central Tbilisi last year has caused controversy as the court verdict failed to say who killed one teenage boy. After the verdict was announced hundreds of people gathered in front of Georgia’s Chief Prosecutor’s office, demanding fair investigation.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze has resigned in the wake of the Tbilisi City Court verdict on the high profile murder case of two teenage boys in central Tbilisi in December last year. In a special statement released on the official page of the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office, Shotadze stated that his body has taken all measures to establish the truth on the case.
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A man arrested for murdering his teenage nephew has been sentenced to pretrial detention by Rustavi City Court today.
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.
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.