Lado Bitchashvili, Shida Kartli
On February 5, in one of the villages in Gori municipality, law enforcement officers arrested 38-years-old man for the rape of his underage daughter. According to the investigation, the defendant sexually harassed his 14-years-old daughter several times in 2017 in their house; the detained O.M also admitted the committed crime.
“Based on the ruling of the judge, O.M, born in 1980, was arrested in Gori for the intentional sexual harassment and rape of the underage family member. The evidence obtained as a result of investigative and procedural activities proved that the detainee committed the abovementioned crime,” the statement of the MIA reads.
The investigation is undergoing in accordance to the Article 111, Article 137 Part 3 “d” and Article 111 Article 138 Part 2 – “d” of the Criminal Code of Georgia into the rape, a sexual intercourse by use of violence against a minor family member that is punishable by imprisonment for a term of ten to thirteen years. According to the MIA, currently, the underage victim girl is placed in the family type shelter of the Social Service Agency.