Children’s summer camp leaders receive suspended sentences for bodily harm due to negligence

Two leaders of a summer camp where three children were burned in a failed chemistry experiment in August 2019 received suspended sentences for serious bodily harm due to negligence from the Rokycany district court on Friday, along with several-year bans on organizing children’s camps.

A six-year-old girl was the most seriously affected, with the fire burning 43 percent of her body. The court awarded compensation to her parents. In addition to the seriously burned girl, there was also an eight-year-old boy and a girl of the same age who received burns on two and five percent of their bodies respectively.

The two accused, who did not participate in the court proceedings, could face up to four years in prison if they break the terms of their probation.