22 Aug 2022
The Briefing by Bacho Kvaratskhelia, head of the division at the department of Investigation of the Special Investigation Service
The Briefing by Bacho Kvaratskhelia, head of the division at the department of Investigation of the Special Investigation Service
The Special Investigation Service arrested the escorts officer of the 3rd division of the Escort and Special Events Main Division of the Special Penitentiary Service for the crime of neglect of official duty in the case of damaging the health of a prisoner at the center for Mental Health and Prevention of Addiction
The Investigation established that the accused was transferred from the No. 8. Penitentiary Institution of the Special Penitentiary Service to the LTD ‘Center for Mental Health and Prevention of Addiction located on Kavtaradze Street, Tbilisi on August 18, 2022. The accused was in need of appropriate treatment considering his psycho-emotional condition.
The prisoner was placed in the medical room No. 308 located on the 3rd floor of the above-mentioned institution, where he was kept under the video surveillance.
On August 20, 2022, at 9:31, the escorts officer of the Special Penitentiary Service’s Escort and Special Events Main Division was moving with a service gun in the hall located on the 3rd floor of the medical center, where the prisoners with mental health problems were placed. The escort officer violated the norm of prudence and left the prisoner without visual surveillance. The officer should have instructed the prisoner to enter his medical room and don’t leave it without the permission of the employees of the Penitentiary Service.
Following the neglect of official duty by the officer, the prisoner approached him from behind, removed the service gun from his holster and with one of the three shots he fired, inflicted injury on his head. Consequently, he fell into a coma.
The Special Investigation service arrested the escort officer of the Special Penitentiary Service for non-performance of official duties due to the careless attitude, resulting in grave consequences under the article 342, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
The Special Investigation Service actively continues to investigate the case.
Due to the high public interest, for the purpose of ensuring all the questions are answered and the incident does not remain uncertain, the service made public the video recording of the incident.
Due to the severe content, the service will abstain from making public the video recording, depicting the young man inflicting self-harm with a firearm. After the briefing, this recording will be available only to media representatives.
The Special Investigation Service arrested the escorts officer of the 3rd division of the Escort and Special Events Main Division of the Special Penitentiary Service for the crime of neglect of official duty in the case of damaging the health of a prisoner at the center for Mental Health and Prevention of Addiction
The Investigation established that the accused was transferred from the No. 8. Penitentiary Institution of the Special Penitentiary Service to the LTD ‘Center for Mental Health and Prevention of Addiction located on Kavtaradze Street, Tbilisi on August 18, 2022. The accused was in need of appropriate treatment considering his psycho-emotional condition.
The prisoner was placed in the medical room No. 308 located on the 3rd floor of the above-mentioned institution, where he was kept under the video surveillance.
On August 20, 2022, at 9:31, the escorts officer of the Special Penitentiary Service’s Escort and Special Events Main Division was moving with a service gun in the hall located on the 3rd floor of the medical center, where the prisoners with mental health problems were placed. The escort officer violated the norm of prudence and left the prisoner without visual surveillance. The officer should have instructed the prisoner to enter his medical room and don’t leave it without the permission of the employees of the Penitentiary Service.
Following the neglect of official duty by the officer, the prisoner approached him from behind, removed the service gun from his holster and with one of the three shots he fired, inflicted injury on his head. Consequently, he fell into a coma.
The Special Investigation service arrested the escort officer of the Special Penitentiary Service for non-performance of official duties due to the careless attitude, resulting in grave consequences under the article 342, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.
The Special Investigation Service actively continues to investigate the case.
Due to the high public interest, for the purpose of ensuring all the questions are answered and the incident does not remain uncertain, the service made public the video recording of the incident.
Due to the severe content, the service will abstain from making public the video recording, depicting the young man inflicting self-harm with a firearm. After the briefing, this recording will be available only to media representatives.