e against self-incrimination and the right to remain silent.
53. The Court notes that the Government maintained that the applicant had waived his right not to testify against himself. The applicant did not dispute this. It is true that in accordance with Article 51 of the Constitution the applicant was told that he was not obliged to give evidence against himself (see paragraph 21 above). Although it has not been alleged that the above warning was in any way insufficient, Court notes that the applicant was apprised of the right to remain silent after he had already made a self-incriminating statement in the inspection record indicating that he had poured out the diesel from the company's premises.
54. Bearing in mind the concept of fairness in Article 6, the Court considers that the right not to incriminate oneself cannot reasonably be confined to statements of admission of wrongdoing or to remarks which are directly incriminating (see Saunders, cited above, § 71). Testimony obtained under compulsion which appears on its face to be of a non-incriminating nature - such as exculpatory remarks or mere information on questions of fact - may later be deployed in criminal proceedings in support of the prosecution case, for example to contradict or cast doubt upon other statements of the accused or evidence given by him during the trial or to otherwise undermine his credibility (ibid).
55. The Court considers that being in a rather stressful situation and given the relatively quick sequence of the events, it was unlikely that the applicant could reasonably appreciate without a proper notice the consequences of his being questioned in proceedings which then formed basis for his prosecution for a criminal offence of theft. Consequently, the Court is not satisfied that the applicant validly waived the privilege against self-incrimination before or during the drawing of the inspection record. Moreover, given the weight accorded to the applicant's admission at the trial, the Court does not need to determine the validity of the applicant's subsequent waiver of the privilege against self-incrimination in the "Explanations", which derived from his earlier admission (see paragraphs 11 and 40 above).
56. In sum, the evidence available to the Court supports the claim that the applicant's pre-trial admission, whether directly self-incriminating or not, was used in the proceedings in a manner which sought to incriminate him. In the Court's view, statements obtained in the absence of procedural guarantees, should be treated with caution (see Lutsenko v. Ukraine, No. 30663/04, § 51, 18 December 2008).
57. Hence, what remains to be determined is whether the criminal proceedings against the applicant can be considered fair on account of the use made of the applicant's pre-trial admission. Regard must be had to whether the rights of the defence have been respected and whether the applicant was given the opportunity of challenging the authenticity of the evidence and of opposing its use. In addition, the quality of the evidence must be taken into consideration, including whether the circumstances in which it was obtained cast doubt on its reliability or accuracy.
58. The Court notes in that connection that in so far as it can be discerned from the national courts' reasoning, the applicant's pre-trial admission was not considered to have been obtained in breach of domestic law. The Court considers in its turn that although the applicant was represented by a lawyer at the trial, the detriment he suffered because of the breach of due process in the pre-trial proceedings was not remedied at the trial. The trial court expressly referred to the statement made by the applicant in the inspection record and his subsequent statement. It did not draw any distinction or made any comparison between that statement and the subsequent more detailed statement made after
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