CHKOTUA AND ARKANIA v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 60909/08 Tengiz CHKOTUA and Eliso ARKANIA against GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 May 2014 as a Committee composed of: Paul Mahoney, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Krzysztof Wojtyczek, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 September 2008,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.  The first applicant, Mr Tengiz Chkotua, was a Georgian national, who was born in 1964 and died in 2009 (see paragraph 3 below). The second applicant, Mrs Eliso Arkania, his wife, is also a Georgian national born in 1964. She is represented before the Court by Ms R. Korchilava, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  On 16 November 2006 the first applicant was arrested in relation to a drug offence, and on 28 March 2007 the Zugdidi District Court convicted him of …