Jury delivers guilty verdict in murder case of ex-colonel Gugeshashvili’s son
Former Colonel of the Georgian Armed Forces and a prominent member of Mkhedrioni (Georgian for cavalry), Dodo Gugeshashvili and her son were attacked by Zaza Murjikneli in Digomi district near their home on February 7. Photo: IPN.
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Georgian jurors have convicted Zaza Murjikneli for the attempted murder of Georgian ex-colonel Dodo Gugeshashvili and the murder of her son, Grigol Gugeshashvili, on February 7, 2018.
Former Lieutenant Zaza Murjikneli faces 20 years in prison.
Former Colonel of the Georgian Armed Forces and a prominent member of Mkhedrioni (Georgian for cavalry), Dodo Gugeshashvili and her son were attacked by Zaza Murjikneli in Digomi district near their home on February 7.
Grigol Gugeshashvili was shot dead on the spot, while his mother was hospitalised with heavy injuries.
Shortly after the murder, Dodo Gugeshashvili’s lawyer Gela Nikolaishvili said that Gugeshashvili and her son were attacked by a hired assasin. Neither the lawyer nor Gugeshashvili spoke about the motive of the murder.
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A Gori district court jury has found Malkhaz Kobauri, accused of brutally murdering the Smith family in eastern Georgia in the summer of last year, guilty.
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Two security guards tending to Georgia’s late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania have been found guilty of negligence, which led to the PM’s death in 2005.
The prosecutor general’s office of Georgia will hold simulated jury trials with the support of the United States embassy, the state body announced on Tuesday.