Jail sentences handed down to demolition company behind implosion that killed two.
Three directors of the demolition company that destoyed the “Memorial of Glory” in Kutaisi in December have been sentenced to prison today after debris from the botched explosion killed a mother and her eight-year-old daughter as they stood in their courtyard.
The three – Avtandil Darsavelidze, Elguja Gadabadze and Tengiz Darakhvelidze – have been jailed for breaking safety regulations. Central to the state’s case was that the public were not evacuated from a wide enough area.
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