SHANIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 6 May 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 60867/08Shota Shanidzeagainst Georgialodged on 2 December 2008STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Shota Shanidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1989 and lives in Tbilisi. He is represented before the Court by his mother, Ms N. Shanidze.2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  In 2006 the applicant, who was a minor at the time, was charged with aggravated robbery and two other offences. On 18 September 2006 the Tbilisi City Court remanded him in pre-trial detention. On an unspecified date the applicant was placed in the prison medical establishment in Tbilisi.4.  On 27 December 2006 the Tbilisi City Court ordered an expert medical examination of the applicant to be conducted by the psychiatrists of the National Forensics Bureau of Georgia. In their report of 31 January …