BREAKING NEWS: Czech shooter of Romani man gets 12.5 years in prison
17.4.2018 10:20
The closing testimony of defendant Petr Benda at the Regional Court in Ústí nad Labem on 16 April 2018. (PHOTO: František Bikár, Romea.cz)
The Regional Court in Ústí nad Labem has sentenced 37-year-old Petr Benda to 12.5 years in prison for shooting a Romani man dead behind the wheel of a van in Chomutov last spring. The court ruled that the van posed no danger to anybody at the time of the shooting.
News server Romea.cz will update this story as details become available.
ryz, translated by Gwendolyn Albert
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