Duo sentenced for murder of elderly woman

The court in Ústí nad Labem has sentenced two men to eight and eight-and-a-half years behind bars for the murder of an elderly woman last November. The duo – aged 18 and 17 – killed the 80-year-old woman in her backyard as she brandished a machete to try and get them to depart. She was hit and fatally wounded by one of the two who was carrying a metal rod. Inside her home, the two stole 70 crowns (the equivalent of around four US dollars), clothes pins, a bag, a knife sharpener and a padlock. The two men can still appeal the court’s decision.