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June 2002

H.D. v. Poland - 33310/96

Judgment 20.6.2002 [Section IV]

Article 3

Inhuman treatment

Alleged ill-treatment on arrest and at a sobering-up centre: friendly settlement

The applicant, a diabetic, claims that she was beaten by police after falling into a hypoglycaemic coma. The police took her to a sobering-up centre. The Government maintain t hat police officers used truncheons when the applicant, who they believed was drunk, resisted arrest. Criminal proceedings against the officers were eventually discontinued.

The parties have reached a friendly settlement providing for payment to the applic ant of 10,000 Polish zlotys, covering pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs.

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