The Court in Tbilisi declared the closed former Georgian President Mihail Sakashville guilty of illegal crossing border and sentenced him for an additional four years and six months in prison.
Since he was already sentenced to nine years in previous cases, Judge of the City Court in Tbilisi decided that the former president would now serve a total of 12 years and six months behind bars.
According to this judgment, Sakashvili will remain in prison until 1. April 2034. Years.
Speaking through the video link from the Vivamedi Clinic in Tbilisi during the separate trial, Sakashvili condemned this verdict sharply.
“This judgment aims to destroy me in prison, to physically eliminate me,” he said.
He stated that he continues to be a threat to his political opponents.
“You cannot destroy the idea of free Georgia nor soul Sakashville. We fight and we will win,” the former president said.
Sakashvilija sought Georgian authorities and secretly returned to Georgia on 29. September 2021, after the years of self-motioned exile. Two days later, 1. October, he was arrested. The prosecutors are charged with an unauthorized transition of the border.
Last week, judge of the City Court in Tbilisi condemned Sakashvili at an additional nine years in prison for embezzling public large-scale public funds. The judge decided that the punishment was sentenced at the same time with a six-year-old prison sentenced by Sakašvili had already served on abuse.
Sakashvili, President of Georgia since 2003. until 2013. year, consistently denies all charges.
Its determined to deny guilt, which support the opposition party a unique national movement and several other political groups, gained the sympathy and support of many Georgians. Many argue that this case was motivated by a political retaliation.
(Vijesti.ba)
