Mikheil Saakashvili commented about his verdict made in Georgia

18:47, 05.01.2018

Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s former president and ex-governor of Odessa region commented about guilty verdict made against him in Georgia.

Saakashvili said he had no suspicion that the court decision was dictated from official Kiev. Saakashvili said that the Georgian government was afraid of him and his detention was planned during the visit of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to Tbilisi.

Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has been sentenced to 4 years in prison into murder case of 28-year-old Sandro Girgvliani, senior employee of a bank found killed in Okrokana settlement, outskirts of Tbilisi, on January 27, 2006.

Based on amnesty, the prison term was reduced to 3 years. Giorgi Arevadze, judge of Tbilisi City Court announced the decision. Court trial into the case continued during several years. Former president was charged for pardoning of those high-ranking officials, who were trialed into Girgvliani’s case.

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