ĐORĐEVIĆ v. CROATIA JUDGMENT
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49. The applicants alleged that on 31 August 2010 at around 3 p.m.,
when they were returning home from a shop, a boy known to them as M.
rode past them on a bicycle and shouted insults at the first applicant, saying,
inter alia: “Dalibor is a fag”. The first applicant felt extremely anxious and
stressed.
50. The applicants alleged that on 1 September 2010 at 6.45 p.m. three
boys on bicycles rode up in front of their window and threw rubbish and
screamed. At 7.20 p.m. more children gathered around the wooden bench in
front of the applicants’ window and repeatedly hit a nearby metal fence,
thus making a lot of noise. They also threw a stone at the applicants’
window and made lewd comments in loud voices. At 10.03 p.m. the second
applicant called the police. Since the police did not come, she called them
again at 10.28 p.m. The police said that they would come but that they had
other calls to answer as well. The police arrived at 10.32 p.m. and told the
children to move a few metres away from the applicants’ window. They
made no attempt to identify the children. A police report of the same day
indicates that at 9.21 p.m. the second applicant had called the police and
complained about noise in the park. When the police arrived at 10.35 p.m.
they had not found anyone in front of the building.
51. The applicants alleged that on 3 September 2010 a group of about
ten children gathered around the bench and made an unbearable amount of
noise. At 10.15 p.m. the second applicant called the police, who arrived at
10.40 p.m. and ordered the children to go away, without, however, making
any attempt to identify them. A police report of the same day indicates that
at 10.20 p.m. the second applicant had called the police and complained
about noise in the park. When the police arrived at 10.25 p.m. they had not
found anyone.
52. The applicants alleged that on 5 September 2010 at about 9 p.m. they
noticed, on returning from church, that an unidentified white substance had
been thrown at their window in their absence. There were also some
children screaming under their window. At 10 p.m. the second applicant
called the police. The applicants further alleged that on 7, 8, 14, 23 and
27 September 2010, children gathered around the bench and made an
unbearable amount of noise.
53. On 23 September 2010 the police interviewed I.S., a pupil attending
A.K. primary school, who denied any involvement in the harassment of the
first applicant.
54. The applicants alleged that on 2 October 2010 five boys gathered
around the bench and made loud noises. At 7.40 p.m. seven boys threw balls
at the applicants’ window and made noise until late at night. At 11.38 p.m.
the second applicant called the police, who arrived at a quarter past
midnight and told the boys to leave without asking them any questions or
making any attempt to identify them. A police report of the same day
indicates that the second applicant had called the police at 11.40 p.m. and