He also complained that his human dignity was repeatedly harmed during his detention. In its ruling, the European Court also noted that legal proceedings against the complainant had taken too long.

Starting in 2005, Süveges spent six years in pre-trial detention and was then released into house arrest -- but a decision in his case was not made until 2014, when he was handed a life sentence.

Hungary’s Supreme Court, however, scrapped the sentence and referred the case back to the primary court in July last year. New proceedings are under way.

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