According to the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia, according to the conclusion of the examination of the audio recordings used in Nodar Meladze's programme on Pirveli TV, which reflectedthe conversation between Bera Ivanishvili and Irakli Gharibashvili, the conversations took place when Irakli Gharibashvili aged between 25-30.

According to prosecutor Amiran Guluashvili, the examination confirmed that in order to artificially create signs of alleged crime in the conversations, the voices of other unknown persons were used in the recordings 21 times.

“According to the examination, the voices of persons participating in the audio recordings were identified and their orientation age was established. In particular, the speaker, whose voice is similar to Bera Ivanishvili's voice, is a teenager in the 13-18 age range at the time of recording. The speaker whose voice is similar to the voice of Irakli Gharibashvili is in the range of 25-30 years at the moment of making recordings, and the speaker whose voice is similar to the voice of Anzor Chubinidze is in the range of 35-40 years at the moment of making recordings.

The examination confirmed that in order to artificially create signs of alleged crime in the conversations, the voices of other, unknown persons, which do not belong to Irakli Gharibashvili, Bera Ivanishvili or Anzor Chubinidze, were used in the recordings 21 times.

In addition to the above, as a result of montage, not only the sentences and words, but in some cases even sounds uttered by the speakers at different times were used to get the desired content in the recordings”, said the prosecutor.

source: IPN