20 July 2018, 08:26
Suspect in two schoolboys' murder case detained in Tbilisi
A minor, who witnessed the murder of two schoolboys, is suspected of giving false testimony, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has stated.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 1, 2017, as a result of a brawl near a school in Tbilisi, two schoolboys were stabbed. One of them died on the way to the hospital, the other died later. On June 1, the court sentenced one accused to 10.5 years in prison, and the second one – to 9 years and 9 months of imprisonment. On July 2, Zaza Saralidze, the father of one of the casualties, went on a hunger strike in the yard of the Georgian MIA, demanding to detain one of the main witnesses, whom he considered involved in his son's murder. On July 3, after a meeting with MIA bosses, he stopped his protest.
The police detained the witness who had changed his testimony on the murder case, the MIA has reported today.
Policemen believe that this witness had repeatedly given false testimonies in court. Well before the trial, the witness met Zaza Saralidze and told him about what he had really seen, but at the trial he denied this conversation, the "News-Georgia" reports with reference to the MIA.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 19, 2018 at 09:01 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
