Police arrest 63-year-old man for murder of family member in Adjara region
Arrested shortly after the act, the offender is set to face between 10 and 15 years of imprisonment. Photo: video grab.
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Police have arrested a 63-year-old man for murder of his daughter-in-law in the Khelvachauri municipality of western Georgia’s Adjara region, local media reported on Monday.
The Interior Ministry said the offender had killed the 40-year-old woman with a hunting rifle following a verbal dispute.
Arrested shortly after the act, the offender is set to face between 10 and 15 years of imprisonment.
4,633 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2020, which is 5.4 per cent more compared to the previous year, Chief Prosecutor Irakli Shotadze said while presenting his body’s annual report today.
4,564 individuals were charged for domestic violence and crimes throughout Georgia in 2019, Deputy Interior Minister Nino Tsatsiashvili said at a briefing today.
Police have detained a 58-year-old woman for physical and psychological violence against her daughter-in-law, which led to the latter’s attempting suicide.
The Georgian police have detained a Nigerian citizen for violence against his wife in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi yesterday. The crime is punishable by up to two years in prison. The detainee, only identified as A.V. and born in 1989, verbally insulted and physically attacked his wife, identified as Ph.G. and born in 1986.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Sunday said it had brought charges against one person for the premeditated murder of a man and his wife in Tbilisi.
The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia on Saturday announced the Tbilisi City Court had found 13 people guilty of "premeditated murder under aggravating circumstances" in the vicinity of the former public swimming pool Laguna Vere in the capital city of Tbilisi and of not reporting the crime.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday said it had filed charges against two individuals for “premeditated murder” of a vendor at Tbilisi’s Lilo Mall in the summer.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday said it had filed charges against a foreign citizen for coercion and attempted premeditated murder of his wife and two other individuals in Tbilisi.
Police have arrested one individual for premeditated murder of a family member in Georgia’s western region of Adjara, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.