Judge: most Czech murders stem from jealousy or split-second rage

Czechs most often commit murder out of jealousy or during violent incidents in bars or nightclubs, veteran criminal judge Jiří Lněnička has told Czech News Agency in an interview marking the end of his career. After 32 years at Prague’s High Court, Lněnička said some offenders ruin their own lives “in a single second”. He noted that violent crime patterns have changed little over decades, aside from the disappearance of mafia-related killings from around the year 2000. Despite the brutality of some cases, Lněnička stressed that Czechia remains one of Europe’s safest countries and argued there is no need to raise sentences for violent crimes.