CASE OF NOVOKRESHCHIN v. RUSSIA
Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention;Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)
Dmitry Dedov;Erik Møse;Khanlar Hajiyev
4. The applicant was born in 1976 and lives in Krasnoyarsk. 5. The applicant was prosecuted for drug dealing and running a criminal syndicate, together with seven codefendants. He was first arrested on 12 October 2005 for selling heroin but released two days later on the undertaking to appear. 6. On 11 November 2005 the applicant was remanded in custody. Subsequently, the criminal case against the applicant was joined with a number of other investigations into drug dealing. On 8 June 2006 the charges against the applicant were reformulated. He was charged with creating and operating a criminal syndicate, twelve counts of drug dealing, three counts of attempted drug dealing and money laundering. 7. The facts concerning the applicant’s pre-trial detention are summarised in the table below.  8. On 25 August and 26 November 2008 and on other dates the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court granted further extensions of the authorised detention period. 9. According to the information submitted by the Government, on 29 April 2010 the Zheleznogorskiy District Court convicted the applicant who remained detained until that date.