Czech Republic: Wife of Ex-Premier Is Acquitted of Abusing Power
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Version 0 of 1. A Prague court on Friday acquitted the wife of former Prime Minister Petr Necas of abuse-of-power charges in a case that brought down his government in 2013. Mr. Necas’s wife, Jana Necasova, was charged along with two former heads of the military intelligence agency, who were also acquitted. Prosecutors charged that in 2012, Ms. Necasova, who was then Mr. Necas’s chief of staff and mistress, ordered the military intelligence agency to spy on his estranged wife to gain personal information about her. Judge Helena Kralova of the Prague 1 District Court ruled that none of the defendants had committed a crime, but did not explain her decision, saying it included classified information. The prosecution immediately appealed. |