4.  The applicant was born in 1976 and lives in Łódź. 5.  On 19 January 2004 the applicant was arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary and assault causing bodily harm. 6.  On 21 January 2004 the Sieradz District Court remanded the applicant in custody. The applicant was released from detention on 8 July 2004. 7.  On 20 September 2004 the Sieradz District Court acquitted the applicant of attempted burglary and convicted him of assault. It sentenced him to one year’s imprisonment. The applicant appealed. 8.  On 8 December 2004 the Sieradz Regional Court upheld the District Court judgment. The applicant lodged a cassation appeal. 9.  On 16 August 2005 the Supreme Court dismissed his cassation appeal as manifestly ill-founded. 10.  It transpires from the case file that in the period from 12 June 2006 to at least 4 July 2006 the applicant was again remanded in custody in connection with another set of criminal proceedings against him. 11.  On 12 June 2006 the applicant sent a request for an application form to the Court. On 29 June 2006 the Court received his request. 12.  On 4 July 2006 the Court sent a letter to the applicant containing a copy of the Convention, an application form and two information sheets. The envelope from this letter bears a stamp marked “censored”. The envelope also bears two stamps of the Łódź Detention Centre with the dates 14 July 2006 and 21 July 2006.