He relied on Article 6 § 2 of the Convention, which reads as follows: “Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.”

  Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.     3.

This does not mean that the court can conclude   simply because the accused does not give evidence that   he is guilty.

The acquittal of the applicant in criminal proceedings indicated that his guilt had not been proved beyond reasonable doubt.

  He contends that he is not guilty.

Article 355 “(1)     A judgment finding the accused guilty shall contain the following details: 1.

    Article 6 § 2 safeguards the right to be “presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law”.

In it, two investigators, I. and S., expressed opinions as to the applicant’s guilt. During the programme the applicant’s photograph was displayed.

In view of the documentary evidence in its possession, the AudienciaProvincial found that the mens rea for the offence was established and the applicant should accordingly be found guilty.

This did not amount to an admission of guilt.

Although that finding did not amount to a final determination of his guilt, it had a decisive effect on such a determination.

On 1 February 2005 the Plzeň Regional Court found the applicant guilty of robbery.

judge who has taken pre-trial decisions concerning remand in custody in pursuance of Section 762, paragraph 2, of the Administration of Justice Act (particularly confirmed suspicion of the prisoner's guilt

On 19 July 2005 the Chertanovskiy District Court of Moscow found the applicant guilty of having assaulted a police officer and sentenced him to a year of imprisonment to be served in a colony-settlement

It based its finding of guilt on primarily the following evidence: (i) the pre-trial statement of a taxi driver who allegedly had seen the applicant descending from the apartment where the murder had taken

before he has been proved guilty according to law.

        The refusal of the accused to give evidence on his own       behalf does not in itself indicate guilt.

Rather, it was the guilt of the deceased which had to be demonstrated.

punishment if he pleaded guilty.