KARTSIVADZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 6 July 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 30680/09Tamaz KARTSIVADZEagainst Georgialodged on 3 March 2009STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Tamaz Kartsivadze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1963 and is currently in prison. He is represented before the Court by Mr Z. Khatiashvili, Mr G. Gagoshidze, and Ms T. Nakashidze, lawyers practising in Tbilissi. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.The circumstances of the case2.  On 25 July 2007 the Batumi City Court convicted the applicant of murder, attempted murder of two or more persons, unlawful purchase, possession and carrying of firearms and violation of public order, and sentenced him to fifteen years’ imprisonment. The court established that on 12 September 1992 the applicant had gone to the apartment of D.M. and his father, G.M. There he had insulted and threatene …