State attorney appeals verdict in Mlynar case

A Prague state attorney has appealed against the verdict in the case of former IT minister Vladimir Mlynar. Mr Mlynar has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison in connection with the foundation of the Testcom servis company even though the state prosecutor had proposed only a suspended sentence. Mr Mlynar was accused two years ago of assisting in the criminal offence of abusing confidential information in commercial transactions and of abusing his authority as a public official. Two other men were sentenced to six years in prison in the same case. They, as well as Mr Mlynar, deny any wrongdoing.