Communicated on 13 November 2017

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 21763/14 István SZEKERES against Hungary lodged on 3 March 2014

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the applicant ’ s pre-trial detention from 28 September 2011 until 4 September 2013 on charges of aggravated tax fraud and other offences. The applicant complains under Article 5 § 3 that the measure lasted unjustifiably long and was not supported by relevant and sufficient reasons on the part of the domestic courts.

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?