Published on 4 December 2023

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 36843/23 Giorgi VAKHTANGASHVILI against Georgia lodged on 7 October 2023 communicated on 13 November 2023

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the applicant’s pre-trial detention in the context of the criminal proceedings against him on the charges of negligence. On 21 October 2022 the applicant, who at the material time was a deputy head of the department for environment protection at the Tbilisi Mayor’s Office, was remanded in custody. His requests for release were rejected on 24 October 2022 and 14 June 2023. The applicant was convicted on 10 July 2023.

The applicant complains, under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention, that the domestic courts failed to adduce relevant and sufficient reasons to justify his pre-trial detention.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Did the applicant’s pre-trial detention comply with the requirements of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention? In particular: did the courts provide relevant and sufficient grounds for ordering and extending the pre-trial detention of the applicant (see Merabishvili v. Georgia [GC], no. 72508/13, §§ 222-25, 28 November 2017, and Ugulava v. Georgia , no. 5432/15, §§ 98-113, 9 February 2023)?