Police accuse ex-MP Feri of rape of 17-year-old

Former MP Dominik Feri is facing another charge of rape, Aleš Cimbala, a spokesman for the supervising Municipal Public Prosecutor's Office in Prague, announced today. The case concerns earlier testimony by a then seventeen-year-old young woman, whose complaint against the police's postponement of the case was upheld by the Constitutional Court last year. Mr. Feri is currently serving a three-year prison sentence for the rape of two other young women, one of whom was a minor, and another attempted rape. He has denied any guilt from the beginning.

The judges criticized the police for not investigating the the victim's claims more thoroughly, not asking her anything, and not properly recording her explanation. According to the court, the police did not try to secure electronic communication in which the young woman confronted Mr. Feri with his behaviour and demanded an apology. They also did not question a witness who allegedly knew about the incident.