Policemen found guilty of killing homeless man

Two policemen have received eight-year jail terms for the killing of a homeless man in 2013. Jan Pergl and Lukáš Zahradník were found guilty by the Regional Court in Plzeň of beating and kicking the 57-year-old man, causing injuries of which he died a few days later. The two had been freed for lack of evidence by the same court in December 2014 before the Supreme Court ordered that the case be reheard.

Author: Ian Willoughby