Court sends former high police officer to prison

The Olomouc High Court has sentenced former regional police deputy chief Karel Kadlec to 3.5 years in prison in connection with the so-called "Vidkun" case, reversing his previous suspended sentence. The case which was closely observed by Czech national media involved the leaking of information from police files and the influencing of investigations, charges which the accused denied. A prominent regional businessman Ivan Kyselý received a confirmed suspended sentence but had his financial penalty significantly increased from 346,000 CZK to over 1.8 million CZK. The court also upheld a two-year suspended sentence for former regional governor Jiří Rozbořil (formerly SOCDEM), along with a fine of 182,000 CZK.