4 years and 6 months for illegal border crossing - Mikheil Saakashvili was found guilty in another case and sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison

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4 years and 6 months for illegal border crossing - Mikheil Saakashvili was found guilty in another case and sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison

17-03-2025 12:08

Mikheil Saakashvili was found guilty of illegally crossing the state border under Article 344 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison by the Tbilisi City Court Judge Mikheil Jinjolia.

The verdict came just days after Judge Badri Kochmalazashvili found the former president guilty of misusing GEL 9 million from the state budget in a separate case and sentenced him to 9 years in prison.

“Finally, the totality of the verdicts determines that the total punishment for Mikheil Saakashvili amounts to the imprisonment for a term of 12 years and 6 months”, - said judge Mikheil Jinjolia.

The investigation into the illegal border crossing began on October 1, 2021, when the former president was detained after secretly returning to Georgia from Ukraine on the night of September 28-29, just before 2021 local elections.

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