3 accused of assaulting 19-year-old footballer Shakarashvili released from courtroom on bail
Tbilisi City Court has set bail at 1000 GEL for Saba Chkhartishvili, Saba Gogshelidze and Irakli Tsakadze. Photo: Rustavi 2.
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Three individuals who stand charged with assaulting 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili have been released from the courtroom on bail earlier today.
Tbilisi City Court has set bail at 1000 GEL for Saba Chkhartishvili, Saba Gogshelidze and Irakli Tsakadze.
Chkhartishvili, Gogshelidze and Tsakadze were involved only in the brawl that took place between two groups of guests in the Narekvavi settlement of Mtskheta municipality on June 18, to where Shakarashvili had been invited for a friend’s birthday party.
Tbilisi City Court has set bail at 1000 GEL for Saba Chkhartishvili, Saba Gogshelidze and Irakli Tsakadze. Photo: rustavi2.
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Police found that Chkhartishvili, Gogshelidze and Tsakadze were not involved, however, in the brawl as a result of which Shakarashvili was killed on June 18.
Shakarashvili’s body was found in the river Aragvi after a four-day search on June 22.
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office released the results of the autopsy on July 10, which showed that the 19-year-old footballer’s death was caused by drowning.
In total 17 individuals have been detained in the case.
On November 13 the Prosecutor’s Office said that five individuals, including minors attacked and then threw Shakarashvili into the Aragvi River, while the remaining 12 individuals were involved in group violence and kidnapping.
All six minors charged with group violence and illegal deprivation of liberty in the high-profile case of the death of 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili have been found guilty by a Mtsketa district court earlier today.
A Mtskheta court has denied bail to 11 individuals detained in the case of the death of 19-year-old football athlete Giorgi Shakarashvili.
An autopsy has shown 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili’s death was caused by drowning, says the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office.
Over 450 investigative and procedural activities have been carried out in the case of the death of 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs.