A plea agreement has been concluded with Tamaz Elizbarashvili - he was released from the courtroom

Businessman Tamaz Elizbarashvili, who had been detained on charges of making threats, was found guilty by the court and a plea agreement was concluded with him. Tamaz Elizbarashvili was released from the session hall.

The agreement reached between the parties was approved by Judge of the Tbilisi City Court Lela Kalichenko.

According to the plea agreement, Elizbarashvili was sentenced to 9 months of imprisonment, which was counted as conditional, with a 1-year probationary period; in addition, a fine in the amount of 50,000 GEL was imposed in favor of the state budget.

Tamaz Elizbarashvili admitted the charges at today’s court hearing.

For information, the Prosecutor’s Office charged Tamaz Elizbarashvili under the first part of Article 151 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which implies a situation in which the victim developed a well-founded fear of the realization of the threat. This crime provides for a sentence of imprisonment for up to one year.

According to the investigation, on 30 August of the current year, in one of the restaurants in Tbilisi, a verbal conflict occurred between Elizbarashvili and Shalva Kuchuashvili in connection with a comment written on social media. According to the agency, Elizbarashvili threatened the victim and the persons accompanying him with the deprivation of life and damage to health; later, with the aim of carrying out the threat, he returned to the place armed and tried to break into the restaurant. According to the Prosecutor’s Office statement, on 31 August the accused also published a video address on social media in which he continued the threats.