Georgescu's lawyers cite ECHR ruling on Giulești nurse to oppose preventive detention

In a courtroom debate over Călin Georgescu's preventive detention, his attorneys highlighted a European Court of Human Rights ruling concerning Florentina Cârstea, the former Giulești maternity hospital nurse sentenced for the 2010 fire that killed six newborns. The ECHR decision emphasized that pre-trial incarceration must be justified by investigative needs, not as a punitive or retaliatory measure. Prosecutors argued that the cited jurisprudence is irrelevant to Georgescu's alleged fraud offenses and that no flight risk exists.

Judge Vlad Andriescu, who previously rejected a release request, reversed his earlier stance and authorized house arrest while the appeal proceeds. The hearing also noted Georgescu's prior compliance with judicial orders and his lack of recent preventive measures in other cases.