KAKOULIA AND BOULISKERIA v. GEORGIA and 4 other applications

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 3486/06Zuorab KAKOULIA and Zaza BOULISKERIA against Georgiaand 4 other applications(see list appended)STATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicants are Georgian nationals. The facts of the cases, as submitted by them, may be summarised as follows.1.  Kakoulia and Bouliskeria v. Georgia, application no. 3486/061.  On 6 May 2005 the applicants were arrested on suspicion of car theft. On 7 May 2005 both applicants were charged with aggravated theft and forgery of documents, offences under Articles 177 § 2 and 362 § 1 of the Criminal Code of Georgia respectively.2.  On 9 May 2005 the Tbilisi City Court ordered the applicant’s pre-trial detention for three months. The above decision was confirmed by the Tbilisi District Court on 16 May 2005.3.  In June 2005 the applicants were examined by experts of the medical department of the Ministry of Justice, who established the followi …