Salome Zurabishvili arrives at Tbilisi Court of Appeals where a judgment may be announced in relation to actor Andro Chichinadze, comedian Onise Tskhadadze and 9 others

Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, has arrived at the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, where a judgment in the case of the convicted, actor Andro Chichinadze, comedian Onise Tskhadadze and 9 others, may be announced.

Zurabishvili will attend the trial, where the convicted will have the final say.

"I can neither predict nor have any preconceived notions, because you can have no hope for this court system in this country, but at least one thing, a person can have hope in God. During the Magnificent Seven, if the judge dares to leave this verdict, then he does not fear God and it is better to be afraid," Zurabishvili said.

For information, the Tbilisi City Court found 11 individuals arrested on charges of participating in organized group violence - Andro Chichinadze, Onise Tskhadadze, Jano Archaia, Ruslan Sivakov, Luka Jabua, Guram Mirtskhulava, Valeri Tetrashvili, Giorgi Terishvili, Irakli Kerashvili, Revaz Kiknadze and Sergey Kukharchuk - not guilty of the aforementioned charges, however, it changed the classification of the charges and found them guilty of participating in a group action. Judge Nino Galustashvili sentenced each defendant to 2 years in prison. The 11 arrested individuals were charged under Part 2 of Article 225 of the Criminal Code, which refers to participation in organized group violence, which provides for a term of imprisonment of 4 to 6 years as a form and measure of punishment. Judge Galustashvili reclassified the aforementioned charge to Article 226 of the Criminal Code, which refers to active participation in group action that violated public order.