Ex-Defense Minister Okruashvili Sentenced to Seven Years in 2004 High-Profile Case - Civil Georgia

Former Georgian defense minister jailed over 2004 killing

TBILISI, November 20 – Tbilisi’s City Court has sentenced former Georgian defense minister Irakli Okruashvili to seven years in prison over a controversial 2004 police killing that shook the country during the early days of the Saakashvili administration. In the same ruling Wednesday, the court decided that ex-chief prosecutor Zurab Adeishvili, accused in the same case, is to walk free. Source

Okruashvili sentenced in 2004 Robakidze death case

Tbilisi City Court found former Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Okruashvili guilty of the case of the death of Amiran (Buta) Robakidze, an abuse of personal dignity of the victim, and the abuse of his power of office, and in the same case, the court acquitted former Prosecutor General Zurab Adeishvili in the case presented, which was appealed by the prosecutor’s office He’s going to sue. According to the evidence examined in the trial, it wa…

Ex-Defense Minister Okruashvili Sentenced to Seven Years in 2004 High-Profile Case - Civil Georgia

Tbilisi City Court has sentenced former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of exceeding his official powers in the 2004 killing of Amiran (Buta) Robakidze, when he briefly served as Interior Minister. Okruashvili, who is already jailed after receiving an eight-month sentence in July for refusing to appear before the controversial parliamentary commission, will ultimately serve four years and fiv…