One arrested for domestic violence in Gori municipality
If found guilty, the detainee faces a sentence of 3 years in jail. Photo:Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Officers of the Shida Kartli Police Department have arrested a person identified only as I.S., born in 1992, for domestic violence against a minor.
The investigation has established that the detainee physically assaulted his wife’s nephew in the presence of another underage family member in the Gori municipality.
Police arrested I.S. and took the victim and his underage sister, who witnessed the assault , to a family-type house managed by the Social Service Agency.
The investigation is in progress. If found guilty of the charges, the detainee faces a sentence of 3 years in jail.
A law drafted by the Georgian Interior Ministry has come into force today which makes the punishment for certain forms of domestic violence more severe. The law also reads that should a restraining order be violated, an individual will face criminal charges.
Abusing a family member will become punishable by two years in prison instead of the current one year.The punishment will be more severe if the act of violence is committed in the presence of a minor.
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4,564 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2019, Deputy Interior Minister Nino Tsatsiashvili said at a briefing today.
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