numerous requests challenging the trial court.

The applicant offered a free trial seventh version of programme “K” to Mr Ig. The latter insisted on the installation of a full eighth version.

stage pursuant to Law no. 3842 and the subsequent use by the trial court of the statements taken in the absence of a lawyer (see Salduz v.

    Did the applicant have a fair trial within the meaning of Article 6 §   1 of the Convention?

The trial opened at the beginning of March 2004. Four days of hearings were held every week and 459 witnesses were summoned.

having contrasted the position of a trial judge and an appeal court.

Nor was it relevant that the applicant knew that if convicted in the third trial she would face a very lengthy period of imprisonment since the third trial was no different from the previous two trials

    At trial the second applicant sought to have the tape excluded from evidence but the trial judge ruled that it was admissible.

    On the same date – 30 November 2016 – the trial court concluded the pre-trial stage of the proceedings and the case was set down for trial on 9   December 2016.

The trial court did not respond to that submission. 28.

Law – Article 6: The following reasons led the Court to the conclusion that, in view of the importance of M.’s evidence to the applicant’s trial, its use at the trial had not been accompanied by appropriate

The court further considered, based on the evidence before it that the criteria for placing the applicant in detention pending trial had been met.

    The case concerns alleged unfairness of the applicant’s criminal trial. 2.

in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - Inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,    

in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements his conviction was based.

  The trial court's judgment comprises 187 pages.

of pre-trial detention.”

The only issue at trial was, therefore, whether there was a conspiracy to rob. The trial lasted three months.

Turkey - 20817/04 Judgment 6.5.2008 [Section II] Article 5 Article 5-3 Length of pre-trial detention Pre-trial detention of a minor for 48 days in an adult facility: violation   Facts : The applicant