Inmate's father douses himself in petrol, tries to set himself alight outside Gldani prison

The father of an inmate tried to burn himself outside the Gldani prison facility.

The man spilled petrol to set himself on fire, but LEOs prevented him from doing so. 

Reports say that the man demanded his son be taken to hospital after more than a month-long hunger strike. 

The young man who is now behind bars refuses to plead guilty and is on a hunger strike. 

No further details have yet been released.