Georgia: The Telavi District Court has sentenced a man to 19 years and 6 months in prison after finding him guilty of intentional murder of two individuals. The suspect is also accused of illegal possession of a firearm.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia posted the details of this terrible crime on their official Facebook account on April 8, 2025, Tuesday. Based on the investigation conducted by the police department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the man was found guilty by the court.
In a statement issued by the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, it was noted that the Telavi District Court had administered a verdict on July 24, 2024, after all court procedures had been satisfied and all evidence had been presented to it.
The accused was charged under Article 109, Subparagraph “L” (intentional murder committed under aggravating circumstances – against two persons) and Article 236, Part 4 (illegal carrying of a firearm) of the Criminal Code of Georgia and was sentenced to 19 years and 6 months in prison.
In accordance with preliminary investigation results, evidence provided during the court sessions indicated that the defendant, in a case of a dispute, shot two individuals in the village of Laliskuri Telavi Municipality. In addition, both of the victims succumbed to the injuries they sustained from the shooting.
Ongoing cases at the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia
Also, the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has charged a couple of people with the illegal acquisition and possession of narcotics in large amounts. This information was uploaded on their Facebook page on April 8 of 2025.
According to a case investigation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the defendants had been accumulating various types of narcotic drugs in large quantities for illegal wealth generation purposes. Following those measures, law enforcement agents seized several dozens of packaged doses of narcotics including “buprenorphine”, “methadone”, and “heroin.”
The suspects had been charged with committing the crime in Part 3 and Part 6 of Article 260 of the Criminal Code which states a maximum sentence of 20 years or even life. Prosecution has proceeded with the case, and the court has granted the preliminary request for custodial measure to secure attendance at subsequent court hearings.
