He was mostly silent and at about 10 a.m. the police officers told him that they had sufficient evidence to indict his girlfriend S. as well, after which he started to cry and nod his head at all further

Then they took him to a different office, where Officers K., D., Kas. and X. handcuffed him to a chair, taped his mouth, put wires against his ears and passed electric current through them.

The applicant appealed submitting that K.W. was the only person close to him ( osoba bliska ), given that his parents were dead.

, but only his sidelights.

After crossing the border A.S. sold the cars in his own name for the prices indicated by the applicant. Subsequently, the applicant paid him his remuneration.

Unhappy about his statement, the policemen allegedly threatened the applicant that they would catch him later without his lawyer.

    During the criminal proceedings against him, the applicant submitted that he had been ill-treated to make him confess and that the small quantity of marijuana at his home had been planted

The applicant told her that the policemen had hit him in the head, so that the injuries could not be seen on him.

He had then been hit in the eye with a hard object and had fallen to the ground, where a police officer had kicked him in the stomach and asked him to surrender his gun.

They asked the applicant about his current place of residence and let him go. On his way back from the shop, the applicant noticed the same police officers together with two young men.

The summons to appear on 2   May 2005 had been served on him by the investigating judge at the private home of his daughter, at a time when he was already in Switzerland.

In Gekhi, at around 2 p.m. on the way to his relatives, police officers approached him and asked for his identity documents.

, admonished him and ordered his release.

They twisted his arms and hit him on the kidneys and liver region and threatened him with reprisals.

Warders had restrained the applicant by holding his hands behind his back and handcuffing him.

He then started to hit him with the handle of his knife, while F.M. tried to escape.

Officers K. and Sam. beat him up in order to extract confession. In particular, K. slapped him in the face. Sam. hit his face against the table and also pushed him in the chest.

During his pleading the accused may not be questioned in order to allow him to submit all the arguments he wishes to make in support of his defence.

The Sofia District Court examined his request on 13 December 1999 and released him on bail.

One of the police officers hit the applicant’s arm telling him to take his hands out of his pockets.