The applicant, Nicholas Otto Vidgen, is a British national who was born in 1958 and, as far as the Court is aware, lives in London (the United Kingdom). He was found guilty of transporting, together with others, from the Netherlands to Germany with the intention of ultimately shipping them to Australia, psychotropic substances the trade of which is illegal in all three countries. Relying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) and Article 6 § 3 (d) (right to obtain attendance and examination of witnesses), he complains that his criminal conviction was based solely or to a decisive extent on the statements of a witness whom he had been unable to examine.
(from the official press-release prepared by the Registry Office of the European Court of Human Rights)