Petr Kramný, who was convicted for the murder of his wife Monika and daughter Klára while on vacation in Egypt, is in prison wrongfully, according to the Solomon Society. A twist in the closely watched case is to be brought by a new opinion of the American medical examiner and hitherto unknown photos from the hotel room, he reported.
The Šalamoun association, which has been involved in the case for a long time, presented its new facts on Wednesday at a special seminar right on the grounds of the Czech Chamber of Deputies. The main point was the appearance of the American medical examiner James A. Filkins.
In a formal statement, pathologist Filkins denied that the cause of death of Monika and Klára Kramny in Egypt was electrocution. He gave his opinion on the Czech criminal case under oath in the USA. “It was not a media comment or a general reflection on a well-known case, but a formally imported professional statement,” he emphasized Václav Peričevič from Spolk Šalamún, who has been fighting for Kramný nevinu for a long time.
The American expert reached his conclusions based on a detailed assessment of the materials provided. In his statement, he stated that he ruled out electrocution with a reasonable degree of medical certainty. Filkins was based, among other things, on photographs of the victims’ bodies directly from the hotel room in Egypt. According to him, there were no signs of electrocution on the bodies. According to him, the traces that appeared only after the transport to the Czech Republic could have been created during the transport.
Filkins also questioned key histological evidence. The Czech autopsy report marked wavy or tortuous fibers of the heart muscle for evidence of electrocution. However, an American expert claims that this is a common phenomenon. “Such fibers of the heart muscle occur in deaths from many different causes. It is such a common and non-specific finding that it has absolutely no diagnostic value.” the pathologist explained. Representative of the injured parties, lawyer Klára Long Slámová refused to respond to the latest findings of the American expert.
Kramný’s case has been accompanied by a war of forensic experts from the beginning. The prosecution’s testimony, which confirmed death by electric current, became the main evidence for his conviction. On the contrary, defense experts Radek Matlach and Igor Fargaš, who claimed the opposite, were later themselves convicted for drawing up false opinions. Other expert opinions, which according to the defense prove Kramný’s innocence, did not make it to the court at all.
Despite the activities of the Solomon Society and new statements from abroad, Kramný’s legal status has not yet changed. No Czech court has so far found him to be right, and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has already confirmed sufficient proof of his guilt in the past.
