Driver gets 11 years in jail for assaulting pedestrian

A court of appeals in Olomouc on Wednesday upheld an 11-year sentence for a driver who brutally assaulted a pedestrian who died of injuries suffered in the accident. The incident occurred in October 2010 in Brno. The 35-year-old driver was approaching a pedestrian crossing but had to slow down to allow the 86-year-old pedestrian to cross; his car was hit by another vehicle which angered the driver who attacked the pedestrian and shoved him from behind. The elderly person fell, suffered a skull fracture and later died in hospital.

Author: Jan Richter