Leader of Georgia’s opposition Droa party Elene Khoshtaria has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, APA’s local bureau reports.
The decision was made by the Tbilisi City Court.
The opposition politician has been in custody since September 15 last year for damaging an election banner of the ruling Georgian Dream party. She was charged with causing significant damage to another person’s property.
Khoshtaria did not attend the announcement of the verdict and refused to participate in any of the court hearings as a form of protest.
It should be noted that on September 14 last year, Elene Khoshtaria wrote the words “Russian Dream” on a campaign banner of Kakha Kaladze, the Georgian Dream’s candidate for Tbilisi mayor in the local elections. Although the court had set bail at 5,000 lari, she refused to pay it.
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