Georgia, Tbilisi, Aug. 19 / Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /
The Tbilisi City Court has today passed a sentence on the husband of Georgian Ex-Speaker Nino Burjanadze, the former Head of Georgian Border Police Badri Bitsadze, who is currently in absentia.
Judge Dali Metreveli said Bitsadze was sentenced to five and a half years of imprisonment.
She said the persecution presented some evidence of Bitsadze's guilt.
Bitsadze is charged with part two of Article 353 of the Georgian Criminal Code on, "confrontation, threat, or violence against the defenders of public order or other authorities by a group". The case concerns illegal actions on protest actions of the "People's Assembly", held in Tbilisi during the five days prior to dispersion on the night of May 26.
Metreveli said there were presented discs with the records, which show how Bitsadze resisted to the police, as well as his meeting with the purpose of organizing resistance groups and testimony of those accused in the organization resistance groups.
The protection can apply to the appeal court over this decision within a month.
The court process was attended by Nino Burjanadze and other opposition leaders. They did not comment on the sentence.
Bitsadze's whereabouts are still unknown. Presumably, he left Georgia after the events in May. His wife Nino Burjanadze said she is unaware of his whereabouts.