Regional Court in Brno in the summer sentenced a teenage girl to two years in prison for approving last year’s shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University (FF UK) in Prague and for preparing the murder of her female classmates. Due to her age, the trial was closed to the public. The verdict is known only from Monday; they published it the day before the next trial, which will be held this time before the Supreme Court of Appeal in Olomouc. Based on reports from the Novinky.cz and iDNES.cz servers, the TASR reporter in Prague informs.
According to the spokesperson of the High Court in Olomouc, Stanislav Cik the girl was first investigated by criminal investigators because of the approval of the massacre at the FF UK. The suspicion of the preparation of the double murder of female classmates only came to light later during the investigation.
The regional court issued its verdict on August 12, but it was not made public. The girl was convicted of premeditated or premeditated murder, on two or more people and at the same time on a child under 15 years old.
An adult would face a sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison or an exceptional sentence. In the case of juveniles, the penalty is half as long, but the maximum is five years. Novinky.cz pointed out that in the event that an adult would be threatened with an exceptional punishment, the rate for a juvenile can be raised even beyond five years. The girl appealed against the verdict.
The case took place in the South Moravian region. The age of the wrongfully convicted woman is not yet known. Tuesday’s proceedings at the Court of Appeal will again be closed to the public, but according to the Czech media, the verdict will be announced in public.
The attack in the main building of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague took place on December 21, 2023. Her student shot 13 people and one person later died in hospital. Another 25 people were injured. The attacker finally shot himself. Reactions approving the attack began to appear on social networks. The Czech police said at the time that they would focus on these reactions and prosecute them.
