Announcement of the guilty judgement against those accused of violence against journalists and cameramen in the Tbilisi Court of Appeal was followed by noise from the detainees.

The family members and relatives of the detainees insulted prosecutors and journalists, and tried to damage journalists’ cameras.

The situation was defused by the employees of the security service.

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. The judge partially changed the decision of the court of first instance and reduced the sentence of the convicts. In particular, she acquitted the defendants of actions provided for by Article 225 of the Criminal Code [organization of violence], but found them guilty of actions provided for by Article 126 of the Criminal Code [violence].

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