The Tbilisi City Court sentenced man accused of attacking a Palitra News TV cameraman Beka Mshvildadze on July 5, 2021 to 2 years in prison.
The suspect in the attack, Irakli Kavlashvili, was charged with Articles 154 (2) and 126 of the Criminal Code, envisaging interference with a journalist’s professional duty and violence, respectively.
Kavlashvili’s sentencing would make the first verdict delivered in the series of attacks on more than 50 journalists on July 5-6. In total police have detained 27 persons in connection with the violence.