Plzeň court gives maximum sentence for premeditated patricide

The District Court of Plzeň has handed down a maximum sentence of 25 years to a young man who brutally murdered his father in September of last year. The judge for the District Court of Plzeň said that 21-year-old Patrik Kónya had shown no remorse for an act of first-degree murder, noting that the victim’s death had been slow and painful and that the suspect had been laughing during his trial. Mr Kónya beat his father with a hammer and went for an axe when he found he was still alive. He then took valuable items from the scene of the crime and went to visit friends. Experts characterised Mr Kónya as a sociopath of below average intelligence who has no chance of re-socialisation. He himself confessed to the crime, saying that his intent had not been theft but hatred of his father, who he said had mistreated him during childhood. He plans to appeal the sentence.