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The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 14 September 2010 as a Chamber composed of:
Josep Casadevall, President, Elisabet Fura, Corneliu Bîrsan, Boštjan M. Zupančič, Alvina Gyulumyan, Egbert Myjer, Luis López Guerra, judges,
The applicant, Mr R.W., is a Dutch national who was born in 1947 and lives in Spijkenisse. The Dutch Government (“the Government”) are represented by their Agent, Mr Roeland Böcker, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.
After an investigation, the Public Prosecution Service decided that, on the basis of the evidence it had gathered, it was unlikely that the applicant would be convicted. In view of the insufficiency of lawful and convincing evidence ( onvoldoende wettig en overtuigend bewijs ), the charges against the applicant were dropped ( sepot ).
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