In this connection he asked the trial court to disregard all his statements made during the pre-trial investigation and to take into account only his testimony during the trial. 20.

  He also pleaded guilty to the charge of failing to appear at his trial set for 6 November 1981, when he was on bail.

    On 4 September 1998, the applicant was committed for trial on 20 counts relating to three different victims. On 18 December 1998, the trial was fixed for 14 April 1999.

    On 2 July 2001 the criminal case against the applicant and his two co ‑ defendants was forwarded to the Vladimir Regional Court (“the trial court”) for trial. 10.

Initially, the trial court held three hearings per month. 16.

    Provisions pertaining to pre-trial detention 22.

The Court concludes that the trial itself has not been shown to offend any of the principles of Article 6.

Moreover, the expert report, taken as the basis of the trial court’s judgment, had been drawn up by the experts appointed by that court during the trial and had not been a piece of evidence submitted by

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;No violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

    The Court therefore considers that the administrative proceedings in the present case, considered as a whole, were not in conformity with the guarantees of a fair trial under Article 6 §§

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Administrative proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing;Adversarial trial);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just

    The applicant’s arrest and pre-trial investigation 5.

The court read out the pre-trial statements of A.D. and V.P.

Whether there was a good reason for admitting pre-trial evidence from R.W., as absent witness, at the applicant’s trial 20.

Violation of Article 6+6-3-d - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Article 6-3-d - Witnesses)

    Other actions taken in the pre-trial proceedings 13.

The applicant also asked the appellate court to summon the employee of the Anti-Terror Centre of the MNS, who had written the letter relied on by the trial court to testify as a witness. 12.

    The applicant submitted that her right to a fair trial had been breached, as the Senate of the Supreme Court had not decided the case on the basis of the material before it, but had requested

(f)     Trial records 49.