FIFTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 33097/23
Oleg Mykolayovych SADOVCHUK
against Ukraine
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 21 November 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Sârcu, President,
Kateřina Šimáčková,
Mykola Gnatovskyy, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 August 2023,
Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.
The applicant was represented by Ms K.Y. Voronyuk, a lawyer practising in Rivne, Ukraine.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of pre-trial detention were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”).
THE LAW
In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that for the reasons stated below, the applicant’s complaints about the unreasonable length of his pre-trial detention is inadmissible.
In particular, the Court notes that there were sufficient grounds for the applicant’s initial detention, as well as for its subsequent prolongations in view of the existence of a reasonable suspicion of having committed serious offences, as well as due to the risks of influencing witnesses and destroying evidence.
The Court therefore finds that the applicant’s detention was based on relevant and sufficient grounds. It also does not observe any delays on the part of authorities’ while dealing with the applicant’s detention.
In view of the above, the Court finds that these complaints are manifestly ill-founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Declares the application inadmissible.
Done in English and notified in writing on 12 December 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Sârcu
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
Application raising complaints under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention
(excessive length of pre-trial detention)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Period of detention
Length of detention
33097/23
16/08/2023
Oleg Mykolayovych SADOVCHUK
1978
Voronyuk Kateryna Yuriyivna
Rivne
26/08/2022 to
18/08/2023
11 month(s) and 24 day(s)