On Thursday, the High Court upheld the acquittal handed down by the Olomouc Regional Court in June. The public prosecutor appealed against the June verdict.
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“We rejected the public prosecutor’s appeal as unfounded. In our opinion, not a single direct or indirect evidence was provided in the entire criminal proceedings, which would clearly convict the accused that it was only he who intentionally murdered the injured party, “Stanislav Cik, a spokesman for the High Court, told Práva.
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Novák has been convicted nine times since the beginning. He only admitted that at the beginning of July 2018 he complied with the request of his former partner in a debt collection company and helped him transport the victim from Olomouc to a bar in Přerov, where he worked as an operating room.
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The reason was that the man allegedly beat his girlfriend. Novák and the other man handcuffed Alexander K. to the heating and held him in place for two days. After promising his girlfriend that he would leave her alone, Novák was to take him to Ostrava. No one has seen the man since.
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Both men were sentenced to eight months in prison with a suspended sentence of two years years ago for restricting their personal liberty.
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Did he take the victim away?
According to the indictment, however, Novák did not take the victim to Ostrava. According to the plaintiffs, he killed him in an unidentified manner in a building on Husova Street in Přerov, then dissolved the victim’s body with lye or acid in a container and then poured the remains of lye or acid with the decomposed body into the waste.
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The police deployed their agent to Novák last year. “The guy told me he had 13 million in the bank and that he would need to be pulled out, and that he needed a white horse to damage him. I told him I hadn’t seen him in a long time and I didn’t know where to get him. So he told me that his ID would be enough for him. That he will give me a commission of 1.3 million crowns for it, “Novák said earlier in court.
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He admitted that it was at a time when he had found a new girlfriend and a job and wanted to start a new life, start a family, and because he had debts, the offer to get such a large commission was tempting for him. “So I started working with him,” said Novák.
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The police agent also brought him an advance. Then he told him that he either needed a victim, or at least knew he wouldn’t. “He claimed that he had an ally in the bank who could withdraw the money, but he needed to be sure that he was not damaged,” Novák said.
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It was burned
According to the file, he told the agent: “He will not be damaged. To put it bluntly, I flushed it down the drain. “” I was just talking about the commission. I just messed up. It was bragging to get that guy’s trust. I just wanted to get money for my future family, “Novák defended himself in court.
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According to the indictment, the case may also have been related to the fact that Novák arrived at the Olomouc University Hospital on July 7, 2008 with a threatening-looking burns of the lower limbs, which was to take place two days earlier. He was also hospitalized, having to have skin sculptures. “It happened to me while cleaning the clogged garbage in the toilet bar,” the defendant said.
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“We respected the principle that in case of doubt, decisions must be made in favor of the defendant. The only possible way to find a defendant guilty of an act is that there is a coherent, logical chain of evidence that is unbroken, which was not the case here, ”court spokesman Cik added.
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“Finally, the nightmare of the now acquitted defendant is over. And after suffering a criminal prosecution in custody, it is more necessary to forget about the whole situation or think about what to do next, “Petr Vavřík, Novák’s lawyer, told reporters after the verdict of the High Court.
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