KIKABIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 2 November 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 57642/12Levan KIKABIDZE against Georgialodged on 29 August 2012STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Levan Kikabidze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1974 and is in prison. He is represented before the Court by Mr G. Chopliani, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  On 7 September 2004 a prisoner, N.M., was found dead in Tbilisi no. 1 Prison. A preliminary investigation started immediately but was soon discontinued, with the finding that N.M. had killed himself.4.  In March 2011 the investigation into the circumstances of the death of N.M. was reopened. The basis for the reopening was a statement by a prisoner, V.P., who had allegedly witnessed the incident back in 2004. While in prison he expressed his …