Sentence to Georgian ex-Defence Minister to be announced on October 28

Georgia, Tbilisi, October 28/ Trend N.Kirtzkhalia / The former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia to be sentenced on Monday. According to the lawyer Malkhaz Velidzhanashvili, hearings on the case of Akhalia are scheduled for October 28. The sentence will be announced on the case of the so-called 'prison riot'. It should be noted that the former head of the Department of Corrections, the former Defense Minister and former Georgian Interior Minister Bacho Akhalaia, who left the country before the parliamentary elections in October 2012, returned on November 5 and two days later he was arrested. Akhalia was charged with three criminal cases relating to the period of his holding different posts. Akhalaia was found not guilty in the case regarding the bullying of soldiers, whereas the review of one more case - bullying of staff members of the special forces of Georgian Interior Ministry when Akhalia was on a post of Interior Minister, was completed two months ago, but the verdict has not been announced yet. It should be noted that another accusation was brought against Akhalaia on Friday - connivance of the prisoner on the case of murder of Sandro Girgvliani. The prosecution alleges that Akhalia created favorable conditions for figurants in murder, thus abusing his power. Last Saturday, the court determined two months in prison as a measure of restraint. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az