Rape of minor to be made punishable by life in prison in Georgia
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The rape of a minor will be sentenceable to life imprisonment in Georgia, Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri stated in parliament earlier today.
We have initiated an amendment to the law which has already been approved (by parliament),” Gomelauri said.
Gomelauri stated that the government is fighting domestic violence ‘more effectively.’
The introduction of electronic surveillance on possible perpetrators since September 2020 has ensured the better protection of their targets,” Gomelauri said.
He stated that compared to 2019 registered crimes have decreased by 10 per cent in 2020.
“There were fewer cases of attempted murder, robbery and burglary in 2020, while cyber crimes, which are a challenge for the whole world, have increased,” Gomelauri said.
A 13-year-old child, victim of sexual violence and her child, are in the care of the Agency For State Care And Assistance For the (Statutory) Victims of Human Trafficking, which also includes the services of a social worker and a psychologist, announces the agency.
Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri stated that 2020 was a year of ‘sudden and difficult challenges.’ “The ministry had to carry out a range of activities at the same time. We were ensuring order and safety, controlling the state border, fighting with criminal, ensuring the defence of human rights, fighting against fires and natural disasters, ensuring a safe electoral environment, ensuring traffic safety, carrying out infrastructural projects and the instructions of the Government's Coordinating Council against coronavirus round the clock,” Gomelauri said.
A lawyer says that Levan Zurabashvili, who attacked MBC microfinance company yesterday and took hostages there, held a lighter, not a weapon, and that the man is a victim of gambling.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri has confirmed that the attacker on the Bank of Georgia Zugdidi branch yesterday took money from the bank and it was not state money as some media outlets said. Gomelauri stated that everything is being done to detain the offender. "Our primary goal was to save the hostages. Now [we are doing all we can] to detain the offender and hold him accountable,” Gomelauri said.
Locals have set fire to the house of a father and son accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old child in Georgia's western Samegrelo region.
Father and son charged with raping an eight-year-old girl were each sentenced to 20 years in prison, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia confirmed on Saturday.