Communicated on 25 May 2020 Published on 15 June 2020

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 38263/19 Gediminas VAIKÅ NORAS against Lithuania lodged on 8 July 2019

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the length of the applicant ’ s detention.

The applicant was arrested on 24 April 2015 and placed in detention on remand. He was charged with being a member of organised criminal group, drug trafficking, attempted murder and other crimes. His detention on remand was prolonged until the applicant ’ s conviction at first instance by the Kaunas Regional Court on 5 June 2018. The criminal proceedings against the applicant are still pending.

The applicant complains under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention that the length of his detention on remand was excessive.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Was the length of the applicant ’ s detention on remand compatible with the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention (see Lisovskij v. Lithuania , no. 36249/14, § § 65-68, 2 May 2017, and the case-law cited therein; also see, more recently, Velečka and Others v. Lithuania , nos. 56998/16 and 3 others, § § 93-106, 26 March 2019)?

The parties are requested to inform the Court about further developments regarding the applicant ’ s criminal proceedings.