Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Wednesday to nine more years in prison after being found guilty of embezzlement, the Interpress news agency reported.

A court in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, sentenced former president Mikheil Saakashvili to nine years in prison after being convicted of embezzling millions of dollars of public funds to cover personal expenses.

The new sentence, handed down by the Tbilisi City Court in the Georgian capital, means that Saakashvili, 57, will likely remain incarcerated until 2030. Wednesday's ruling also ordered Teimuraz Janashia, the former head of the State Security Service, to pay a fine of 300,000 Georgian lari (about $108,000).

Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been imprisoned since 2021, was sentenced on Wednesday to nine more years in jail after being found guilty of embezzlement. Saakashvili, in office from 2004 to 2013,

Former President Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced to nine years in prison on March 12 by Judge Badri Kochlamazashvili in the so-called Jackets case, which centers on misappropriation of state funds.

Court found Mikheil Saakashvili guilty of using state budget funds for personal expenses during his presidency - Anadolu Ajansı

A Georgia court on Wednesday sentenced pro-Western reformer ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili to nine years in prison for misspending public funds, adding three years to the jail term he is currently

Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Wednesday to an additional nine years in prison for the embezzlement of public funds. The politician is already serving a six-year prison sentence.