State attorney proposes suspended sentence for Vít Bárta

The state attorney in the highly publicized trial of Public Affairs deputy Vít Bárta has proposed a suspended sentence for the politician for trying to buy the loyalty of two former party members with large sums of money. She also proposed a suspended sentence for Jaroslav Škárka, who took the money and failed to report the bribe for some time. Attorney Vrbová said she was proposing suspended sentences in view of the fact that both politicians previously had a clean criminal record. The verdicts in the case are expected to be announced next Friday.