JGHARKAVA v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 20 October 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 72006/12Goga JGHARKAVAagainst Georgialodged on 22 October 2012STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Goga Jgharkava, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1981 and is detained in a prison in Rustavi. He is represented before the Court by Mr A. Buskhrikidze, a lawyer practising in Georgia.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  On 27 December 2011 the applicant was found guilty of complicity to commit murder of two people and illicit carriage of a weapon. He was sentenced to twenty-four years’ of imprisonment and, as an additional penalty, a fine in the amount of 3,000 Georgian Laris (approximately 1,200 Euros).4.  On 24 January 2012 the applicant lodged an appeal, requesting a full retrial. He specified that he wished to attend the appellate …