M.S. v. CROATIA - 36337/10 - Chamber Judgment

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 (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Isabelle Berro-Lef�vre, President, ��������� Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska, ��������� Julia Laffranque, ��������� Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, ��������� Erik M�se, ��������� Ksenija Turković, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, judges, and S�ren Nielsen , Section Registrar,

�The case file shows that the second defendant ... answered that she understood the charges and pleaded not guilty. Her defence ... shows that she sees these criminal proceedings as an attack by the plaintiff, who wants to destroy her physically, mentally and economically (a feeling of fear for her mental and physical integrity which has no basis in reality).

In her defence ... the second defendant describes two situations which are prevalent in mental illness ... and indicate a psychotic disorder.