BURJANADZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 14 December 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 2155/09Gela BURJANADZEagainst Georgialodged on 6 January 2008STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Gela Burjanadze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1974. He is represented before the Court by Ms K. Abashidze, 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.  At around 1.45 a.m. on 23 April 2007 an armed robbery took place at a casino in Tbilisi. Two armed men threatened the club’s manager and security guard, the only staff remaining on the premises before it was due to close. They stole 700 Georgian laris (GEL  approximately 300 euros (EUR)) and left without injuring anyone.4.  At 3 a.m. and 4 p.m. respectively the police questioned the two staff members of the casino as victims. They described one of the robbers …