Judge, who presided over Vítkov arson case, found murdered

Police are investigating the brutal murder of Ostrava regional court judge Miloslav Studnička, who was killed on Monday at his family home in the Novojičín area. The murder is thought to have taken place at around 11 am; the judge’s throat had been cut, idnes and Czech TV reported. Judge Studnička presided over a number of high-profile criminal cases in the Czech Republic including that of arsonists who left a toddler in Vítkov with severe lifelong disabilities in a racially-motivated attack. The defendants were found guilty and received stiff prison sentences. The 64-year-old judge had inherited his home in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, idnes writes.

Author: Jan Velinger