The Tbilisi City Court has today ordered pretrial detention for Zaza Murjikneli, who was charged with murder of Nodar Gugeshashvili and attempted murder of Dodo Gugeshashvili.

The defendant said at today’s trial that he pleads not guilty.

The next trail will be held on March 16.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia said on January 24 that the officers of Tbilisi Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, along with the employees of Tbilisi Prosecutor’s Office, as a result of jointly held complex investigative and operative-search activities, solved high profile case of murder and the attempted murder that took place in Tbilisi, in 2018 and detained Zaza Murjikneli for committing the murder of Grigol Gugeshashvili and the attempted murder of Dodo Gugeshashvili. Z.M. was detained on the basis of the Court decision.

The committed crime envisages from 16 to 20 years of imprisonment.