The judge, who left Davit Kirkitadze in custody, is accused of corruption. The journalists had questions to Judge Davit Narimanishvili of Gurjaani Court.
Investigative journalists claim that on the day when the judge made a decision to imprison one of the leaders of the opposition, 200 thousand GEL mortgage was seized from his property .
Davit Narimanishvili, one of the wealthiest judges lives in a house located on Wardrope street. In order to build the house, the judge took a loan from the bank - 200 thousand GEL, but the mortgage was lifted from the real estate on the day when Judge Narimanishvili sentenced David Kirkitadze to imprisonment.
Investigative journalists of Presa.ge"s are suspicious about the connection between the two events.The head of the Gurjaani Court in parallel with the 2-storied 325 square meter private house in Tbilisi, owns 4500 square meters in Lilo and also a plot in Akhaltsikhe, on which 470 square meters commercial space is located. He also owns a flat in Vale, a residential house in Akhaltsikhe, on Chonkadze Street.
Judge Narimanishvili did not clarify in the telephone conversation why he left Davit Kirkitadze in preliminary custody. According to the lawyer of the detainee, the main motivation of the judge, that Kirkitadze might have escaped, is irrelevant.
Nika Melia, a member of the political council of the "National Movement", says that after the Georgian Dream lost elections in Rustavi, Kirkitadze"s detention was a possibility for the government to get rid of him.