Crime
Georgia’s first-ever olympic gold medalist charged with premeditated murder
Zurab Zviadauri, a former member of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, Olympic medalist, and prominent judoka has been charged with premeditated murder after an altercation in which he allegedly shot a man dead. Zviadauri attended his brother’s funeral on 19 August while handcuffed and closely monitored by a prison guard. The Olympic judo gold medalist, who served as a Georgian Dream MP from 2012-2016, was charged after allegedly killing a man in a 16 August shootout that resulted in