The trial of five people accused of the murder of football player Giorgi Shakarashvili will occur at the Mtskheta District Court. It will become known whether the jury will consider the case of five people charged in the case of Giorgi Shakarashvili.
It is yet unknown if the defendants agreed on the jury trial.
The lawyers noted that if the case gets transferred to the court, they will apply to the court to terminate the prosecution.
The family applied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on June 19 about the loss of Giorgi Shakarashvili.
After four days of non-stop efforts, divers found young Shakarashvili's body in the river Aragvi.
The MIA detained 17 people over the footballer's death.
On June 28, 17 people accused in the case of Giorgi Shakarashvili were sentenced to imprisonment.
On July 10, the Prosecutor General's Office released an expert report stating that Giorgi Shakarashvili's cause of death was asphyxiation by drowning. The forensic examination revealed that he had injuries caused by a dense-blunt object before death.
The Prosecutor General's Office has separated the case of 11 defendants in Shakarashvili's case into separate proceedings. Five detainees got additional charges in the case of Giorgi Shakarashvili.
The General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia launched criminal proceedings against five people on premeditated murder charges under aggravating circumstances.
