The Na Neklance wall killed a man: The court stopped the prosecution of the defendants
The decision is not yet final. Prosecutors and defendants have rescinded the complaint, but they can still file damages. “The court took into account that all the defendants are still innocent“The president of the senate, Petra Kreuzmannová, said.” Their crime was also negligent. She added that the criminal proceedings were long and stressful and could be sufficient information for the defendants.
The co-owners previously denied guilt. The district court found them guilty of a general negligence threat and punished them with suspended sentences. However, the judgment was overturned by the Court of Appeal.
All seven defendants said Wednesday that they regret the act. They also said that the event was a lesson for them and since then, they have taken care of their real estate so that nothing like this can happen anymore. “We will all try to ensure that nothing like this happens again,” said one of them. According to the lawyer of the owners of the building, Leoš Lejsk, the victims accepted the apologies and the amounts given to him by his clients.
Compensation
Attorney Jiří Richter did not oppose the settlement and the cessation of the prosecution. “Indictment they compensated the survivors after the deceased and compensated them relatively generously,On the contrary, the amount provided to the crime victims fund could be due to a very serious consequence, according to him.
In the case, eight people were originally indicted, but the proceedings against one of them were excluded for a separate hearing and subsequently stopped. The public prosecutor claimed that the owners – Jiří, Miroslav and Zdeněk Prokop, Jan, Jiří and Tomáš Prouz, Jana Srbová and Vít Fortelka – had long neglected the building.if. They did not perform sufficient maintenance. The wall probably fell due to a stronger gust of wind. She overwhelmed the man who had died on the spot.
Architect Tomáš Prouza, who became the owner of the complex to which the wall belongs in 2015, previously said in court that it was in good condition. According to Prouza, the co-owners gradually invested in the reconstruction, but there were buildings that had higher priority.
A wall on a forty-year-old man in Na Neklance Street in Prague collapsed and died on the spot.
Author: Aktu.cz