Two charged for killing vendor at Tbilisi mall
The Prosecutor General’s Office said one of those charged currently had extorted money from vendors in the Mall “in the name of criminal authorities” while living abroad. Photo: Lilo mall Facebook
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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 third alleged offender in the case, earlier charged for attempted premeditated murder, has been charged with attempted murder following the death of the victim in mid-August, the body added.
The Prosecutor General’s Office said one of those charged currently had extorted money from vendors in the Mall “in the name of criminal authorities” while living abroad, and had planned the murder after one of the victims rejected their demands.
With the engagement of an associate in Georgia, the individual handed a weapon and money to a hired assassin, who later shot the vendor twice in the head and fled the scene.
The crime is punishable by 16 to 20 years in prison or a life sentence.
Georgia’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation after local media reported alleged murders in north-western Georgia’s Mestia municipality on Monday.
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.
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.
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.
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.