The Prosecutor`s Office of Georgia has charged one person with committing an act of sexual assault (under the criminal code version in effect during 2000-2001), according to an official statement issued by the agency.

According to the agency, the investigation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs established that during the years 2000-2001, at one of the schools of Tbilisi, the defendant, who was a sports club teacher, repeatedly engaged in non-consensual sexual contact with a student - a minor who was 8-9 years old at the time.

"The defendant was charged under Article 138, Part 3, Paragraph “e” and Part 4 of the Criminal Code of Georgia (sexual assault committed by abusing an official position against a person under the age of fourteen), which carries a sentence of up to twenty years of imprisonment.

The Prosecutor`s Office will appeal to the court within the legally established timeframe with a motion to apply detention as a preventive measure against the defendant", - says the agency.