ABASHIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 31 August 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 6926/10Irakli ABASHIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 21 January 2010STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Irakli Abashidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1995 and lives in Batumi. He is represented before the Court by Mr G. Ghoghoberidze and Ms N. Andghuladze, lawyers practising in Batumi.2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  On 8 August 2009 the applicant, aged fourteen, was arrested for theft. In particular, he was accused of stealing a mobile telephone and certain other belongings from a person, causing pecuniary damage of 200 Georgian Laris (some 90 Euros).4.  On 11 August 2009 the Batumi City Court, allowing the public prosecutor’s request, ordered the applicant’s detention on remand for the period of two months. The court rejected the request for bailing out the …