The Tbilisi City Court has sentenced former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to four and a half years in prison for illegally entering the border in 2021.
The ruling, read out by Judge Mikhail Dzhindzholiya, caused a stir in the courtroom. Bailiffs had to remove some of Saakashvili's supporters. The ex-president himself did not take part in the proceeding, TV Pirveli reports.
On March 12, a court found Saakashvili guilty of embezzling over $3.2 million in state funds, sentencing him to 9 years behind bars.
