Court trials case of state budget embezzlement amid noise

14:23, 15.11.2021

Tbilisi City Court is trying the case of state budget embezzlement amid the noise. Lawyer Beka Basilaia demands Mikheil Saakashvili’s attendance at the hearing, while prosecutor Giogi Mujiri suggests Saakashvili’s virtual involvement or the trial to be held in the prison hospital.

A verbal clash unfolded between Beka Basilaia and judge Badri Kochlamazashvili over the tone. The judge urged the lawyer “not to shout but speak in a low voice.”

The prosecutor’s office accused the former president Mikheil Saakashvili, and the former head of the Special State Protection Service, Temur Janashia, of embezzling the state budget.

By - Marika Kartozia

Justice/Crime

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