Special life sentence given to repeat murderer

The District Court of Plzeň has given a special life sentence to a man convicted of murder for the second time. According to court documents, the man stabbed his 57-year-old flatmate to death in the summer of last year when she demanded he move out after failing to pay rent for several months. He then stayed in the flat and spent several days by the body, lighting candles and leaving offerings of wine and cigarettes. The man had already spent 11 years in prison for murdering another flatmate with a hammer in 1994.