Communicated on 14 May 2018
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 30197/15
Gyula PÉNTEK
against Hungary
lodged on 15 June 2015
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the length of the applicant’s pre-trial detention from 25 July 2013 to 1 March 2016 on charges of murder and violation of personal liberty as well as his alleged inability to receive visits from or maintain contacts with his minor children for a period of 28 months.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. Was the length of the applicant’s pre-trial detention in breach of the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention?
2. Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to respect for his family life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention?
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