Zaza Gakheladze will not appeal against the occupied Tskhinvali court verdict, said today his wife, Irma Butkhuzi.

“Zaza’a lawyer said that my husband will not file an appeal. I do not know why he decided that. We wanted him to appeal”, - added Butkhuzi.

On February 5, the occupied Tskhinvali Court sentenced the citizen of Georgia to 12 years and 6 months in prison. Zaza Gakheladze was shot in his leg and detained at Skhvilo Fortress on July 11. The occupied regime charged him for an attempt to cross the so-called border illegally and for the attempted murder of a Russian soldier.