Beating of Davit Peikrishvili case: five so-called criminal authority figures remanded in custody, former senior officials released on bail

In the case of the beating of Davit Peikrishvili, one of five so-called criminal authorities has been remanded in custody, while former heads of the Penitentiary Service, Giorgi Pataridze and Ramaz Pirtskhalava, were given bail of 10,000 GEL each. In the case of the violence suspects, the prosecution requested pre-trial detention for all five defendants, which the defence did not agree to. According to the prosecution, Peikrishvili was beaten by a group in his cell over several days.