Justice minister files complaint against cancellation of Rath verdict

Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikán has filed a complaint with the Supreme Court against the cancellation of a verdict in the corruption case of former Social Democrat governor of Central Bohemia David Rath. The Prague High Court cancelled the verdict on the grounds that it was based on the unlawful use of wiretappings. It returned the case to the Regional Court which will not be able to use the wiretapping recordings as evidence in new proceedings. The Regional Court sentenced Rath to 8.5 years in prison and the forfeiture of some 20 million crowns for corruption in July 2015. The verdict of the Prague High Court’s has also come under fire from the Prague State Attorney’s Office.