ZAJMI v. ALBANIA - 83907/17 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Georgios A. Serghides , President , ��������� Darian Pavli, ��������� Oddn� Mj�ll Arnard�ttir , judges , and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 83907/17) against the Republic of Albania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) on 12 December 2017 by an Albanian national, Ms �etina Zajmi, born in 1957 and living in Tirana (�the applicant�) who was represented by Mr O. Samarxhi, a lawyer practising in Tirana;

the decision to give notice of the application to the Albanian Government (�the Government�), represented by their former Agents, Ms A. Hi�ka and Mr A. Metani and, subsequently, by Mr O. Mo�ka of the State Advocate�s Office;

1.  The case concerns the criminal proceedings against the applicant in which she was found guilty of aggravated fraud and sentenced to fourteen years� imprisonment by the Tirana District Court on 13 March 2013. The applicant�s appeal was dismissed by the Tirana Appeal Court on 8 November 2013. The applicant then brought a further appeal with the Supreme Court which dismissed it on 25 May 2015.