4.  The applicant was born in 1952 and lives in Athens. 5.  On 4 March 1999 criminal complaints in rem were brought with the Athens First Instance Prosecutor by the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences for fraud, forgery and misappropriation of property related offences. 6.  On 5 July 2004 charges were brought against the applicant for the abovementioned offences. 7.  With indictment no. 2284/2005 of the Athens Prosecutor of Appeal the applicant and seventeen other defendants were referred to trial. The case was set for hearing on 21 November 2005. 8.  For the period between 21 November 2005 and 6 June 2007, when the first instance proceedings were concluded, the Athens First Instance Criminal Court held two hundred and nine hearings. During this period ninety four witnesses were examined and more than one thousand and hundred documents were read. 9.   By a judgment of 6 June 2007 the Athens First Instance Criminal Court found the applicant guilty and sentenced him to sixteen years of imprisonment (judgment no. 2444/2007). 10.  On the same date the applicant lodged an appeal with the Athens Criminal Court of Appeal challenging the court’s findings and its evaluation of the evidence. 11.  On 4 November 2009 judgment no. 2444/2007 was finalised and a written copy of the decision and the minutes of the proceedings was available. 12.  The appeal hearing, which was originally set for 19 November 2010, was subsequently adjourned to 21 February 2011, as two of the co-defendants of the applicant were admitted to a public hospital for treatment. 13.  As it transpires from the case file, these proceedings are still pending.