KHUTSIDZE v. GEORGIA and 4 other applications

Communicated on 24 February 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 5787/08Davit KHUTSIDZE against Georgiaand 4 other applications (see list appended)STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.1.  Khutsidze v. Georgia, application no. 5787/083.  On 4 October 2006 the Ozurgeti District Court found the applicant guilty of premediated murder and sentenced him to eleven years’ imprisonment. The court established that on 7 May 2005 the applicant had a verbal altercation with another wedding guest while attending a wedding party - K.D. A fight eventually erupted during which the applicant wounded K.D. in the abdominal area with a knife. K.D. died on his way to the hospital. According to the forensic repost the cause of his death was massive internal …