VAKHTANGASHVILI v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 36843/23Giorgi VAKHTANGASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 September 2024 as a Committee composed of: Kateřina Šimáčková, President, Mykola Gnatovskyy, Artūrs Kučs, judges,and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 7 October 2023,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Giorgi Vakhtangashvili, was born in 1992. He was represented by Mr K. Tsereteli, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.The applicant’s complaint under Article 5 § 1 of the Convention concerning the lack of relevant and sufficient grounds for ordering and extending his pre-trial detention was communicated to the Georgian Government (“the Government”).On 20 February 2024 the applicant informed the Registry that he wanted to withdraw the applicati …