The applicant alleges a violation of his right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the Convention. QUESTION tO THE PARTIES 1.

The applicant alleges violation of his right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the Convention. QUESTION tO THE PARTIES 1.

The applicant had suffered no prejudice in terms of a fair hearing because the trial judges had never taken any position on his guilt when dealing with questions of pre ‑ trial detention beforehand

    The applicant complained under Article   6 §   2 of the Convention that by pronouncing him guilty before the trial, the prosecutor’s newspaper interview had predestined him to be

Ordinary proceedings before the Court of Appeal were therefore governed by the same rules as a trial on the merits and were conducted by a court enjoying full jurisdiction.

  The applicant further complained under 6 § 2 of the Convention that the prosecutor had commented that his guilt had been proved before the trial had started, thereby breaching the presumption of

The courts, as acknowledged also by the prosecution, had misinterpreted his statement taken by the first-instance court and had wrongly concluded that it had been a full acknowledgement of his guilt and

The Supreme Court found that his guilt had been established by the trial court on the basis of a whole body of evidence examined during the trial, in accordance with the principle that proceedings should

The references to the applicant in the judgment against G.S. showed that the applicant had not formally been on trial in those proceedings; her procedural status as a third party (witness) had therefore

bench to assess the evidence and decide on the applicant’s guilt.

an opinion that he is guilty (Eur.

and law, the privilege against self-incrimination, pre-trial publicity and premature expressions, by the trial court or by other public officials, of a defendant’s guilt (see Allen v. the United Kingdom

  (1) At the trial of any person (other than a child) for an offence paragraphs (2) to (7) apply unless       (a) the accused's guilt is not in issue, or       (b) it

It referred to the charges against the applicant and observed that there existed serious evidence of his guilt.

COMPLAINT The applicant complained under Article 6 § 2 of the Convention about a violation of his right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty.

the fairness of the trial.

All that the Crown seek to do is use evidence to prove a charge of which they have consistently maintained the respondent is guilty and where that guilt remains to be judicially determined.” 25 .

law and declared guilty by an effective court judgment.

and the trial.