European Court of Human Rights.

In February 2013 an individual, X, attacked the applicant, born in 1966, inside his coffee bar with a hammer. He was taken to hospital with a head injury. X was arrested, prosecuted for violent behaviour against the applicant, and ordered to have mandatory psychiatric treatment in a hospital. At the same time he was found guilty of stabbing another man, V.J., causing him light bodily injuries, four months before the attack on the applicant. The applicant instituted civil proceedings for compensation, submitting that he had reported X to the police for threatening him a few days before the attack, and that he had already attacked others. The courts ruled against him in 2015, finding that the police had acted as required and that the State was not liable for any damage. During the proceedings, it transpired that X suffered from schizophrenia and was a long-term psychiatric patient. The courts noted that he had a history of violent behaviour, which included attacking his neighbours and setting his