The Tbilisi Court of Appeal found persons accused of physical violence against journalists and cameramen, guilty, through all of them have been cleared of charges of organizing the violence.

Judge partially changed the decision of the court of first instance and reduced the sentence of the convicts - she acquitted the defendants of actions provided for by Article 225 of the Criminal Code, which pertains to the organization of violence, but found them guilty of actions provided for by Article 126, which pertains to violence.

Thus, Akaki Nakashidze, Tornike Davlasheridze, David Kutaladze, Otar Gelashvili, Tsotne Chikhladze and Gia Giguashvili have been sentenced to 4 years in prison.