The point I was trying to make was that whoever lays "critical fiber optic cable" in a way than an elderly lady comes with any kind of a tool, should be put to trial instead of poor woman who is probably living in poverty trying to survive.
If the story was about a dog that dug some wires I would agree, but people are capable of a lot of things, even at old age. God knows how long she'd been digging.
Also, on the Guardian article:
The cable is owned by the Georgian railway network. It is heavily protected, but landslides or heavy rain may have exposed it to scavengers.
If that's just an excuse or not, we will never know.