According to the applicant, conditions in Sofia Prison were nearly identical to, or even worse than, those in the detention facility. 21 .

parte doctor who had testified before the court to the effect that Ms Z. had been suffering from depression for around eight years and that in the last two years her state of health had become much worse

Court HR, Worm v. Austria judgment of 29 August 1997, Reports 1997-V, p. 1534, at p. 1547, paras. 32-33).

Intimidation of possible witnesses, and worse, was to be presumed. Where the police had secret intelligence, they would have been unable to produce informants without compromising them.