They covered his wrists with sleeves of an old pullover, handcuffed him and ordered him to squat with his arms around his knees.

The applicant argues that the mother has been alienating the children from him in a clear attempt to sever any relation between him and the children.

O. had stepped and jumped on his knees, causing him severe pain. O. had also slapped him in the back of his head several times.

According to the applicant, the police officers placed a canvas bag on his head, beat him and administered electric shocks with the purpose of extracting a confession from him.

In response to the questions D. also stated that his grandparents helped him with his homework and they had taken care of him when he was ill, whereas his father had not visited him during his illness.

him on different parts of his body.

He denied his participation in the offence, as he had done throughout the criminal proceedings against him, and stated that he could thus not say anything about those who had taken part in the assault.

The applicant’s detention was extended on a number of occasions, on the basis of the gravity of the charges against him and his liability to abscond, re-offend and obstruct justice.

In particular, they beat him up, administered electric shocks to him, suffocated him using a gas mask, inserted needles under his nails, hanged him over a metal bar, and attempted to sexually abuse him

The police agent sent him home to clean up. The applicant went home and then returned to the police section to recover his identity papers.

He also submits under Article 5 § 1 that his pre-trial detention was unjustified and, under Article 5 § 2, that he was not properly informed of the charges against him, on account of his impaired faculties

with a summons to appear before a court, or notifies him of his intention to continue the prosecution.

In support of his complaint he submitted that on 14 December 2006 the Bucharest Court of Appeal had declared him guilty and that, prior to interviewing him, the authorities had failed to inform him of

The applicant also requested the investigators to allow him to undergo medical treatment as regards his drug dependence, which allegedly prevented the applicant from preparing his defence.

mask on his face to interrupt his air flow; banged his head against the wall; jumped on his chest, then left him handcuffed and naked on an iron bed.

In particular, they hit him repeatedly with truncheons, kicked him and punched in his head. Approximately an hour later, M.M. returned and asked the applicant whether he had “grown wise”.

S. attacked him, pushed him brutally against the protective railing of the cell and started to beat him with his fists, in one of which he held a heavy key.

During the pre-trial investigation, S. had testified that he had hit the applicant three times on his head and body because the applicant had insulted his sister.

In May 1980 the applicant’s parents chose Polish citizenship for him. After his birth the applicant lived in the former Soviet Union with his mother.