High court upholds eight year sentence for Srba

The High Court in Prague has upheld an eight year prison sentence for Karel Srba, a former foreign ministry official, who was found guilty of plotting to murder a journalist. The case was reviewed on the grounds of an appeal from the state attorney who considered the verdict too soft. Srba's collaborators received six year sentences. Srba ordered the murder of journalist Sabina Slonkova in order to prevent her publishing the details of a bribery scandal in which himself was involved.