I have followed the case for years, often as the only journalist - see links below. More in the article from which I quote:
"I've been going to psychiatry, taking medication for months. Physically I feel good, mentally it will never be good again. I can't get a good night's sleep. I thought sleep would improve, but it hasn't. It's always in my head and I can't erase it."
The judge of the Prague Court of Justice, Jiří Lněnička, would have deserved 20 years for his sentence, including the obligation to pay damages with his panel! He has received much more for his criminal convictions in the past, if not life imprisonment for the lives destroyed - see links below! During the trial of American Gilbert McCray, I called him a criminal in the courtroom at the end of the hearing. He left quickly. I met him once in Prague, wanted to approach him, he disappeared like a little boy...
Strangely enough, the public broadcaster ČT was silent on the evening's Události, as well as on another shocking case at the Zlín CC on the same day (I'll write tomorrow - two young men have been in prison for 11 years for a murder they demonstrably did not commit!). CT even had two teams in Zlín, but again no output in CT Events, just as the whole mainstream is silent so far).
Where is the Czech justice system and the public media heading? Who has the power to silence them and who has an interest in not informing the general public? You will find out tomorrow. JŠ
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