Two minors sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering 19-year-old footballer Shakarashvili
19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili was murdered in the summer of 2020. Photo: RFE/RL.
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Two minors have been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison earlier today for murdering a 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili last year.
They were sentenced to 14 years in prison. However, the term was decreased to 10 years and six months because they were minors when the incident took place.
Three other individuals have been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the same crime earlier this month.
Shakarashvili went missing while at a friend’s birthday party in Mtskheta, a town outside of Tbilisi, early on June 19, 2020.
His body was found in the river Aragvi after a four-day search on June 22.
In total 17 individuals have been detained in the case.
Five of the 17 detainees have been charged with premeditated murder.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor's Office says that the five convicts attacked and then threw Shakarashvili into the Aragvi River, while the remaining 12 detainees were involved in group violence and kidnapping one of the guests of the same birthday party.
None of the convicts pleaded guilty.
Their lawyers say that they will appeal the verdict of Mtskheta City Court.
Three individuals - Archil Gagnidze, Nikoloz Revazishvili and Vakhtang Chikovani - have been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of football player Giorgi Shakarashvili. The sentence for two others will be announced on March 16.
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Georgian police have detained the father of a minor identified as Z.HK, who has been charged with the premeditated murder of footballer Shakarashvili.
17 individuals have been detained in the case of the death of 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili.
Four individuals have been sentenced to five years in prison and one individual to nine years in prison for group violence and kidnapping in the high-profile murder case of 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili last year.
Three suspects, who were charged with violence in the high-profile murder case of 19-year-old footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili, have been released earlier today.
Georgian police officers have arrested seven individuals for hooliganism, provision of false information and failure to report the killing of a 20-year-old man on Thursday, the Georgian Interior Ministry has announced on Friday.
The Prosecution Service of Georgia has charged one individual with premeditated killing and hooliganism, while also charging seven others with hooliganism, provision of false information and failure to report the killing of a 20-year-old man in Georgia’s east on Thursday, the state body announced on Saturday.