ATRISTAIN GOROSABEL v. SPAIN - 15508/15 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : Third Section)

Art 6 � 1 (criminal) and Art 6 � 3 (c) • Fair hearing • Use at trial of initial confession by terrorist suspect held incommunicado and denied, without individualised reasons, access to lawyer of own choice and legal-aid lawyer • Overall fairness of criminal proceedings undermined

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Georges Ravarani, President, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Andreas Z�nd, ��������� Fr�d�ric Krenc, judges, and Olga Chernichova, Depu ty Section Registrar,

the application (no. 15508/15) against the Kingdom of Spain lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Spanish national, Mr Javier Atristain Gorosabel (�the applicant�), on 24 March 2015;