Police charge former Vodochody head with breech of trust

Police have charged the former head of the Czech airplane manufacturer Aero Vodochody with fraud. Petr Hora, the former head, resigned in 2001 following problems securing fighter jets for the Czech Air Force in a deal worth more than 2 billion dollars U.S. Aero Vodochody was to have delivered 72 planes by 2002, but delivered only 12. Police have charged Mr Hora with breech of trust leading to damages of more than 100 million dollars to the Aero Vodochody firm.