The Supreme Court of Georgia sentenced on May 7 former commander of the Batumi-based 25th Brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Roman Dumbadze to three-month pretrial detention.
 
Roman Dumbadze, who pledged loyalty to Adjara’s former leader Aslan Abashidze and refused to obey the country’s central authorities, is accused of treason and faces life imprisonment.
 
General Prosecutor of Georgia Irakli Okruashvili said on may 7 that Dumbadze surrendered to police after Aslan Abashidze fled to Russia on May 6.