Jaroslav (19) hacked the teacher with a machete: The killer’s parents and the shocking statement of the witness spoke!
The trial began at around 10:30 in the morning, and experts from the field of psychology and psychiatry first testified. They described his disharmonious personality development and emotional instability. They also stated that when he picked up a machete and brutally murdered his teacher in the office, his recognition skills were preserved, but his control skills were different. “The proposed defendant’s stay at large is dangerous, so the experts in their expert opinion recommend outpatient treatment. Resocialization of the defendant is generally possible, but difficult,” they let themselves be heard.
Jaroslav R. on trial for the murder of a teacher. (December 5, 2022) Blesk.cz – Daniel Šesták
Subsequently, the court proceeded to read the witness statements. The first of them was the testimony of the murdered teacher’s wife, who works at the same school. The woman stated that she found her husband in a pool of blood and Jaroslav Ř. she described as a fairly problem-free student, with the fact that he was more successful in distance learning. After the court read her statement, Jaroslav laughed loudly. “I am very sorry for what happened. I am terribly sorry to all the survivors. It was stupid,” Jaroslav said between pleading sobs.
The statements of Jaroslav’s classmates followed. “Jarda was different from the beginning, but not in a bad way – he’s a very nice person, he helped me with school and I don’t know a nicer boy. He is meticulous, has a nice handwriting and always had detailed notes,” he stated, noting that he did not recall the defendant ever being unreasonably disproportionate.
The day before the murder, the teacher allegedly tested Jarda for almost an entire hour. “Jarda had gaps, but he knew something, and when he gave him a high five, he was angrily surprised and went to sit down – he was angry with the teacher,” a classmate let himself be heard. Similarly, other classmates. “Jarda never washed himself. The teacher was very strict, he taught us three subjects. He preferred some students and gave them easier questions, and he went after the students he didn’t like a lot. I have the feeling that he has taken a seat at Jarda,” he said.
The parents described the fateful day
Jaroslav’s father then described what happened the day before the murder. “When I came home from work that day, my wife told me that Jard got a bad grade, he was really in a bad mental state, he was so bad that he didn’t tell me much about it. I tried to calm him down so he knew I wasn’t going to let him down. We wanted to make an appointment with that teacher the very next day. Jarda was angry with himself. We knew that Jarda was studying and preparing, but we wanted them to be at ease mentally,” he described, adding that his son sometimes made excuses so that he didn’t have to go to school, because his parents realized that it was because of the lessons of the murdered Jan K.
“I told the assistant principal that I needed to speak to her – I told her all about it and I wanted the earliest possible date. Then my wife called me that something had happened to the teacher – I ran to the school, I called Jard and told him not to do anything stupid, that we would solve the situation. Jarda liked that school, he didn’t want to go to another school – he only had a problem with this teacher,” he said, adding that they were afraid that his son would do something to himself.
Jaroslav’s mother testified similarly. “We didn’t know Jarda had a machete, we only knew about the knife he was carrying,” she said. It is said that Jaroslav had a lot of stress from teacher Jan’s classes, and sometimes even vomited.
Witness: He reached under a classmate’s panties
At the court, the testimony of the girl whom the murdered Jan K. taught yoga at the university was also heard. The police reported themselves after reading in the media that Jan K. was supposed to be popular. “In the very first hour of the practical lesson, they told us that we would be getting a massage. I refused that, because it doesn’t belong to do yoga. The others took off their t-shirts and he massaged their backs, but then he wanted only their backs, and when he was massaging one classmate’s stomach, I saw that she had gone under her panties,” said the woman, saying that she did not remember the classmate’s name, she did not come again.
“I know several students walked right out of the studio because they were disgusted with this teacher. He let me study, but he made me hell at the end. It was such a mixture of disgust and desperation and I can imagine that a person could be under that pressure and then do something they later regret,” she let herself be heard.
At the end of the main trial, the President of the Senate, Tome Frankič, warned the victim that there may be a change of legal party, namely from the particularly serious crime of murder, where the penalty is 12 to 20 years in prison, to the particularly serious crime of murder, i.e. a murder caused by a particularly cruel and painful in a way where the penalty is 15 to 20 years, or even an exceptional sentence. The meeting was immediately adjourned and will continue on February 17 from 11:30 a.m.
Jaroslav R. in court for the murder of a teacher in Michli. (January 20, 2023)
Author: Blesk.cz – Renata Matějková