The Supreme Court has cancelled a 100-day prison sentence that a former
bus driver was handed for defacing public property. The man will be
released from prison effective immediately. However, a decision on the case
is still pending. Roman Smetana, a former public transport worker from
Olomouc, had added feelers to politicians’ heads on campaign posters and
refused to pay a fine for doing so. In early May, Justice Minister Jiří
Pospíšil filed a complaint in the man’s favour and appealed to the
court to cancel its verdict. He said that it is up to the court to decide
whether the defacing of political campaign posters, of which Mr Smetana was
found guilty, was a criminal offense or merely a misdemeanour.