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Funeral of opposition leader Patarkatsishvili who died in UK

(28 Feb 2008) 1. Various top shots of Badri Patarkatsishvili's mansion in Tbilisi with crowds outside it 2. Close-up of people going through doorway into garden 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eter Iosava, Patarkatsishvili's neighbour: "Badri Patarkatsishvili was my neighbour. He was a very good person. He did so much for Georgian people, that it will take more than an hour to enumerate." 4. Wide of Patarkatsishvili's coffin being carried out from mansion 5. Various of coffin being carried 6. Some of Patarkatsishvili's relatives watching the coffin 7. Various of coffin being carried through the crowd 8. Wide pull out from coffin as crowd of mourners applaud 9. Coffin being carried pan to people behind applauding 10. Wide of coffin being taken to burial place in mansion's garden 11. Wide of Patarkatsishvili's mansion STORYLINE: Thousands paid their last respects on Thursday to the Georgian opposition politician and billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili at his funeral in the country's capital Tbilisi. Patarkatsishvili, 52, collapsed at his home near London and died on February 12. British pathologists have said he had severe heart disease that made him liable to sudden death. British police have been conducting toxicological tests that were expected to be completed in several weeks. Mourning family and friends followed the coffin bearing Patarkatsishvili's body as it was carried around his Tbilisi residence. He was buried in the garden of the high-walled compound. One neighbour, Eter Iosava, paid this tribute to the dead man. "He was a very good person. He did so much for Georgian people, it will take more than an hour to enumerate." Patarkatsishvili had helped lead anti-government protests in November and was under investigation in Georgia on charges of plotting to overthrow the government. He denied the accusations, but acknowledged offering a senior police official 100 million US dollars if police agreed not to respond with force during street protests after the January election. Patarkatsishvili left Georgia in November and lived in self-imposed exile in Britain and Israel. Patarkatsishvili built his fortune in Russia after the break up of the Soviet Union through a partnership with fellow tycoon Boris Berezovsky, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's most vocal foes. Campaigning from Britain, he ran for president last month, losing to the incumbent, Mikhail Saakashvili. Opposition groups claim the vote was rigged. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...