Appeals court orders retrial in racist attack
An appeals court in the North Moravian town of Bruntal has ordered a
retrial of a case in which three youths carried out a racially-motivated
attack against a Romany couple. The three were given suspended sentences
for the attack, a verdict which outraged human rights groups and Romany
activists. The three youths, masquerading as policemen, burst into the
couple's flat in Jesenik last June. The woman, who was pregnant at the
time, was hit in the eye with a cobblestone, leaving her with permanent
injuries. The state prosecutor failed to appeal against the original
verdict, and has since complained of political interference.
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