Court upholds 28-year sentence for doctor who murdered lover

The High Court in Prague has upheld a 28-year prison sentence for Vojtěch Česák, a doctor convicted of murdering his lover and attempting to kill another woman whom he also raped. The court rejected the former head of the internal department at the hospital in Domažlice’s appeal, confirming the earlier verdict. Judges ruled that the crimes were committed in a particularly cruel manner and from an especially reprehensible motive. According to the court, Česák acted out of revenge after his affair was revealed and he feared losing his family background. Česák told the court he considered the sentence too harsh and insisted the crimes had not been planned.