Batumi City Court sentenced a grandfather arrested on charges of violence and threats against a 14-year-old girl in Kobuleti to 1 year in prison.

The person was charged under 2 articles of the Criminal Code. The court found the dead girl’s grandfather guilty under Article 126, which stipulates violence.

The prosecution alleges that the grandfather used violence and threats against his minor granddaughter.

The teenage girl, born in 2006, committed suicide on February 9. Her body was found by her grandfather near her house.