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On 22 February 1999 he was acquitted on appeal, on the grounds that there had been insufficient evidence to convict him. On 9 April 1998 the district court sentenced the applicant to a year's imprisonment. However, the prison authorities were unable to release him as the file reference was incorrect. On 9 February 1998 Sofia District Court ordered the applicant's release under supervision. Subsequently, the district court twice refused to hear further applications for his release, on the grounds that, although he remained in custody, technically he was no longer in detention pending trial but under an obligation to pay the security. However, he failed to pay the sum and remained in custody.
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In September 1997 Sofia District Court granted the applicant bail conditional on his providing security in the sum of 100,000 levs (the equivalent of EUR 49.50). A series of bail applications made by the applicant were dismissed on the ground that his detention was mandatory, as other criminal proceedings were pending against him. He was detained pending trial on the order of an investigating officer. On 22 December 1994 he was charged with conspiring to break into premises belonging to the water board to steal tools and machinery. The applicant, Traicho Assenov, is a 35-year-old Bulgarian national who lives in Sofia.
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