Audrius Butkevičius

Audrius Butkevičius (born 24 September 1960 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian politician, a signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, former minister of defense (1991-93), and member of the Seimas (parliament of Lithuania) (1996-2000).

On 12 August 1997 he was apprehended by the Lithuanian secret service agents in a hotel lobby while accepting 15,000 US dollars.

He was eventually arrested on 28 October, whereupon he was imprisoned and sentenced to five and a half years in jail.

[citation needed] Subsequently, he appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.

The court held the fact that these articles certainly were breached and that Lithuania was ordered to pay Butkevičius compensation.