GAMTSEMLIDZE AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 2228/10Gulnara GAMTSEMLIDZE and othersagainst Georgialodged on 8 January 2010STATEMENT OF FACTS 1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.2.  The first and second applicants are, respectively, the mother and wife of Mr Giorgi Gamtsemlidze, who was killed during a police chase on 8 May 2008 (see paragraph 4-6 below), whilst the third, fourth and fifth applicants are his minor children. All of them are Georgian nationals, live in Tbilisi and are represented before the Court by Ms Natia Katsitadze and Ms Tamar Abazadze, members of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA).3.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.A.  The police chase of 8 May 20084.  On 8 May 2008, at around 1:20 a.m., two patrol police officers, V.A.‑shvili and L.J.-shvili, who served at the Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti Departmen …