Foreign citizen charged with coercion, attempted premeditated murder of wife, two others
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office said an alleged offender faced 16 to 20 years in prison if found guilty. Photo: POG press office
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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.
The body said the assailant had attempted to force his wife into his car before driving it into two individuals who had intervened to help the woman.
The victim managed to evade the vehicle, before the perpetrator chased and attempted to stab her, with witnesses interfering to prevent injuries to the spouse.
Two individuals sustained “serious injuries” in the incident, the Office said, adding the alleged offender faced 16 to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
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 Thursday said it had filed charges against two individuals for “premeditated murder” of a vendor at Tbilisi’s Lilo Mall in the summer.
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.
Georgia’s Special Investigation Service on Tuesday said it had arrested an employee of the Special Penitentiary Service on charges of domestic violence.
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.