46.From the aforesaid, the time within which the Application should have been filed is to be computed from the date of the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which is 24 February 2012. Since the Application was filed before this Court on 23 November 2015, the period to be assessed is three (3) years, eight (8) months and twenty-nine (29) days. 47.The Court notes that, in the instant case, the Applicant is lay, indigent, incarcerated and was not represented by a lawyer before the national courts. As a result of his situation, the Court granted the Applicant legal assistance through its legal aid scheme. 48. In these circumstances, the Court holds that the Application was filed within a reasonable time and therefore, dismisses the Respondent State's objection. B. Other conditions of admissibility 49. The Court notes that the parties do not dispute the fact that the Application fulfils the conditions set out in Articles 56 sub-articles (1),(2),(3),(4) and (7) of the Charter and Rule 40, sub-rules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 of the Rules, on the identity of the Applicant, compatibility of the Application with the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the language of the Application, the nature of the evidence adduced and the previous settlement of the case, and that nothing on the record indicates that these requirements have not been complied with. 50.As aconsequence of the foregoing, the Court finds that the Application fulfils all the admissibility conditions set out under Article 56 of the Charter as restated in Rule 40 of the Rules and accordingly declares it admissible. Vil. MERITS 51.The Applicant alleges a number of violations of the right to a fair trial, namely: i) the right to legal assistance, ii) the right to defence, 14 iii) alleged