CASE OF UDVARDY v. HUNGARY
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)
Elisabeth Steiner;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque
4. The applicant was born in 1966 and lives in Komló. 5. On 19 February 2003 the applicant was interrogated as suspect of forgery of private documents. 6. The Public Prosecutor preferred a bill of indictment on 8 October 2004. Subsequently, on 27 June 2005 the Public Prosecutor extended the charges against the applicant with charge of fraud. 7. In the ensuing criminal proceedings on 23 March 2010 the Komló District Court acquitted the applicant in respect of fraud and found him guilty in forgery of private documents. 8. On appeal of the Public Prosecutor, the Baranya County Court reversed the judgment and acquitted the applicant in respect of all charges on 20 May 2011.