Communicated on 1 June 2018

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 79897/13 Nelu IORDACHE against Romania lodged on 9 December 2013

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the applicant ’ s pre-trial detention on the suspicion of fraud, forgery and corruption offences between 2 December 2012 and 7 May 2014 allegedly on the basis of decisions worded in a rather stereotypical and summary form, without demonstrating the existence of specific facts in support of their conclusions on the particular grounds for detention, and without due consideration of the applicant ’ s personal circumstances and of alternative, less stringent measures for ensuring his appearance at trial.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Was the length of the applicant ’ s pre-trial detention in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention? In particular, did the authorities provide relevant and sufficient reasons for the measure?