ZLOBINI v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 12 April 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 10057/09Igor ZLOBINIagainst Georgialodged on 3 December 2008STATEMENT OF FACTS 1.  The applicant, Mr Igor Zlobini, is a Georgian national who was born in Batumi on 26 May 1975 and is currently in prison. He is represented before the Court by Ms M. Japaridze and Ms G. Andghuladze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  On 15 June 2007 the applicant was arrested at his home on suspicion of the unlawful purchase and possession of drugs. According to the record of his arrest and personal search, three sachets containing a brownish substance were found in the right pocket of his shorts. The subsequent search of his apartment also revealed pills and other brownish substances. The forensic examination established that the sub …