LASHA KASRADZE v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 21300/09Lasha KASRADZE against Georgialodged on 23 February 2009STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Lasha Kasradze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1989 and lives in Tbilisi. He is represented before the Court by Mr G. Nikolaishvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  The criminal proceedings against the applicant3.  On 8 November 2006 the applicant, a minor at the material time, was charged with committing an aggravated armed robbery, an offence under Article 179 §§ 2 (b) and 3 (a) of the Criminal Code of Georgia. The charge concerned an incident on 4 November 2006 when the applicant had allegedly stripped a fourteen-year old B.CH. of his mobile phone. According to the bill of indictment, the applicant had acted with two unidentifie …