4.  The applicant was born in 1960 and lives in Ninotsminda, Georgia. 5.  On 20 July 2000 criminal proceedings were instituted against the applicant for a number of economic crimes. He was placed under police supervision pending trial. 6.  On 30 June 2001 the prosecution authority terminated the investigation and sent the case to the Ninotsminda District Court for trial. The Registry of that court acknowledged receipt of the file on 12 July 2001. 7.  On 18 January 2005 the Aspindza District Court, which instance had taken over the applicant’s case, reproaching the prosecutor for deficiencies in the bill of indictment and the failure to conduct a financial audit of the applicant’s activities, remitted the case for an additional investigation. However, on 17 March 2005 the Tbilisi Appellate Court, overturning the decision of 18 January 2005, ordered the trial court to proceed with an examination on the merits. The appellate decision was upheld by the Supreme Court on 14 July 2005. 8.  In a verdict of 11 August 2006, the applicant was partly convicted and partly acquitted of the charges. No sentence was imposed with respect to the conviction, as it had become time-barred. 9.  The verdict of 11 August 2006 was upheld by the Tbilisi Appellate Court and the Supreme Court on 23 October 2006 and 15 May 2007 respectively. 10.  As disclosed by the case materials, the applicant, an ethnic Armenian allegedly without knowledge of the Georgian language, was assisted by a Georgian-speaking legal counsel and an interpreter throughout the judicial proceedings.