Ruling on Czech scientists accused of illegal insect catching set for Monday

A court in India is due to deliver on Monday its verdict on two Czech scientists accused of illegally catching rare insects in a national park. One of the two, Emil Kučera, told a member of the Czech Entomology Society that the ruling had been made and could have been announced already, but for the fact the court’s stenographer was slow and could not keep up with proceedings, the news website novinky.cz reported. Mr Kučera and Petr Švácha were arrested in Singalila National Park in the north-east of India towards the end of June.