Questão jurídica principal
Whether the lack of confrontation with witness B________ violated the right to be heard and Art. 6(3)(d) ECHR.
Decisão extraída
No violation was found because the witness statement was not decisive; the authorities tried to secure a confrontation, the witness refused, and the testimony was only part of the evidence.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the confrontation right is strongest where the evidence is essential. Here, telephone surveillance, corroborating witnesses, and the appellant's own inconsistent statements were more important than B________'s testimony.