Police say no indication of foul play in judge’s death

Police investigating the death of regional court judge Miloslav Studnička say they have no indication of foul play. At a press briefing on Tuesday investigators said they found no traces of a struggle and have no reason to believe that judge Studnicka’s death was linked to his professional activities. The judge was found dead in his country home in the Nový Jičín area on Monday, with a throat wound. The police are not ruling out suicide or a tragic accident. The situation is complicated by the fact that the bleeding judge was savaged by his own dogs before the police found him. The circumstances of his death have caused widespread speculation since 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 disabilities in a racially-motivated attack; all four received stiff prison sentences.