Klaus overturns sentence of father of child seriously injured in fire attack

President Václav Klaus has decided to revoke the prison sentence of a Romany man whose child is fighting for her life after an arson attack on their home in Vítkov, north Moravia last weekend. A spokesperson said the decision would remain in place until the president determines whether to issue a pardon to the man, who is 33. He had been found guilty of theft, damage to property and driving without a licence, but did not turn up to begin serving a jail term in December. The authorities caught up with him after a petrol bomb attack on his house that left his two-year-old daughter with burns on 80 percent of her body. The man and his wife are also receiving treatment in hospital for the burns they suffered as a consequence of the fire-bombing, which is still under investigation.