Sunday, August 17, 2025

Policeman wanted in Demur Sturua case gives himself up

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Goderdzi Tevzadze outside the regional prosecutor’s office in Kutaisi Tuesday night. (Channel 1.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A policeman who has been wanted in connection with 22-year-old Demur Sturua’s suicide showed up at the regional prosecutor’s office in Kutaisi Tuesday night accompanied by his lawyer.

Goderdzi Tevzadze was declared wanted by the Prosecutor

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Court issues detention order for policeman charged in suicide case

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The court building in Kutaisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in Georgia on Tuesday issued an order to detain a policeman who is accused of having caused the suicide of a 22-year-old man.

The wanted police officer Goderdzi Tevzadze has gone into hiding, and Kutaisi City Court therefore issued the ruling ‘in absentia’.

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Policeman on the run – charged with causing 22-year-old's suicide

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Demur Sturua (22) left a suicide note implicating the wanted police officer. (Interpressnews.)
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Activists blamed Georgia’s drug policy of having caused the young man’s death. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A police officer in Georgia was Monday charged with causing a young man to commit suicide.

The police officer, Goderdzi Tevzadze in the western Georgian town Samtredia, has gone into hiding and was charged in absentia.

He is charged with abusing his official powers

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