The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has left businessman Tamaz Elizbarashvili in custody. His lawyer Ia Siranashvili shared this information on social media.

“The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has left Tamaz Elizbarashvili in custody, the complaint was declared inadmissible,” the lawyer wrote.

The defense appealed the decision of the Tbilisi City Court to impose a preventive measure on the businessman in a criminal case, but the Court of Appeals declared it inadmissible, so Tamaz Elisbarashvili remains in custody.

For information, the Tbilisi City Court imposed a preventive measure on businessman Tamaz Elizbarashvili a few days ago.

The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has charged Tamaz Elizbarashvili with making threats. According to the investigation, on August 30 of this year, a verbal conflict occurred between Elizbarashvili and the victim in a Tbilisi restaurant regarding a comment made on a social network. According to the agency, Elizbarashvili threatened the victims with death and bodily harm, and later, in order to carry out the threat, returned to the scene armed and tried to break into the restaurant. According to the prosecutor's office, on August 31, the defendant also published a video message on a social network, where he continued the threats.