Head of Dusheti District Court Is Blamed for Committing Crime

Tbilisi. 28.08. 06. Media News. ‘On August 22, 2006 Temur Jervalidze, head of the Dusheti District Court committed a crime having passed a verdict on Ramaz Kavtaradze,”-Ms. Irma Chkadua, lawyer of the accused Ramaz Kavtaradze and member of the Legal Aid Centre ‘Imedi’ stated to ‘Media News’.

She is about to appeal to Justice Supreme Council regarding the case and demands Temur Jervalidze’s punishment.

According to the verdict On February 27, 2006 drunken Ramaz Kavtaradze together with his friends came to Givi Tsikhelashvili for some medicine in the village of Meneso, Dusheti District. Ramaz Kavtaradze insulted Tsikhelashvili and his family, even fired the gun. The fact was not confirmed by witnesses,”-says the representative of Legal Aid Centre ‘Imedi’.

According to Irma Chlkadua, investigator for Patrol Police, Mr. R. Rizhamadze falsified the testimonies and Judge Jervalidze sentenced the accused to three years imprisonment unfairly.

On the basis of the appeals by the lawyers, Irma Chkadua and Lika Chachukashvili, Dusheti Regional Prosecutor’s Office started investigation on the fact whether Mr. Rizhamadze had falsified the testimonies.

The lawyers are about to sue the verdict, passed by the judge Temur Jervalidze at the Appeal Court.

Unfair verdicts are frequent problem in Dusheti District’-says Irma Chkadua and mentioned the case of detention when the investigation ‘fabricated a charge and sentenced a person to 11-year-imprisonment’ for having served its time at prison before.