The sentence of Megis Kardava for the torture case has been approved.

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The appellate court upheld the sentence of the former head of the police department of Georgia, Megis Kardava, who was sentenced to 9 years for the torture of a detainee.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the former head of the military police department of Georgia, Megis Kardava, was extradited from Ukraine in September 2021. He had been on the international wanted list since 2013. In 2014, he was sentenced in absentia to nine years for the torture of Colonel Sergo Tetrazde, who was suspected of espionage, and was also found guilty of torturing a female prisoner and sentenced in absentia to an additional three years and nine months in prison. On April 12, 2016, he was charged with organizing the contract killing of Georgian General Roman Dumbadze.

The Tbilisi appellate court upheld the sentence of Megis Kardava in the torture case, with the first instance sentencing him to nine years of imprisonment, writes "Georgia-online" on September 28.

A week ago, the Tbilisi City Court sentenced Kardava to five and a half years in prison for embezzlement and misappropriation of funds from the state budget.

It should also be noted that in May last year, the former director of the Gldani prison, Alexander Mukhadze, was found guilty of torture and sentenced to nine years in prison. Megis Kardava is also involved in this case, which has been separated into a separate proceeding.

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