Tbilisi City Court fined Miranda Bagaturia, spokesperson of "Akhali" party, and Ana Kurashvili, spokesperson of "Girchi – More Freedom" - GEL 4,000 each for allegedly insulting a policeman, Mirian Kavtaradze, on April 23 at the court hearing of detained Saba Skhvitaridze.
Both of them were charged under Article 173, Part 2 of the Administrative Offenses Code [disobedience and verbal abuse toward law enforcement officers].
Bagaturia and Kurashvili deny the accusation, saying they were not present at the scene at the time Kavtaradze left the courtroom following Skhvitaridze`s hearing.