Category: Crime

British-Australian citizen arrested on Interpol warrant and held in Prague’s Pankrac prison for 2 months because he has credit card debts in Qatar (Mail Online, UK) [Social Media Post] *corrected*

Crime / Foreigners / Law / Social Media Posts

10 August, 2019

British-Australian citizen arrested on Interpol warrant and held in Prague’s Pankrac prison for 2 months because he has credit card debts in Qatar (Mail Online, UK) [Social Media Post] corrected

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Update 3: Charles Bridge-cleaner/convicted killer Miloslav Cerny turns down Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib’s offer of reward for graffiti-removal but demonstrates his cleaning techniques for the mayor; bridge’s stone was undamaged by Cerny’s cleaning, analysis shows (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Crime / Law / Politics / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts / Violence

6 August, 2019

Update 3: Charles Bridge-cleaner/convicted killer Miloslav Cerny turns down Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib’s offer of reward for graffiti-removal but demonstrates his cleaning techniques for the mayor; bridge’s stone was undamaged by Cerny’s cleaning, analysis shows (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Methamphetamine-fuelled Ostrava remand prisoner spent nearly a month digging metre-long tunnel through cell wall, using equipment including nail-clippers and spoons, only to have it discovered hours before escaping (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Drugs / Law / Local News / Social Media Posts

4 August, 2019

Methamphetamine-fuelled Ostrava remand prisoner spent nearly a month digging metre-long tunnel through cell wall, using equipment including nail-clippers and spoons, only to have it discovered hours before escaping (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Update 2: Charles Bridge-cleaner Miloslav Cerny murdered his wife and her lover in 1999, and served 12 and a half years of a 20-year prison sentence (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Crime / Law / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts / Violence

3 August, 2019

Update 2: Charles Bridge-cleaner Miloslav Cerny murdered his wife and her lover in 1999, and served 12 and a half years of a 20-year prison sentence (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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26-year-old woman charged with killing her mother with axe in Trebovice, Pardubice Region, reportedly following argument about daughter being out of work (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Local News / Social Media Posts / Tragedies / Violence

2 August, 2019

26-year-old woman charged with killing her mother with axe in Trebovice, Pardubice Region, reportedly following argument about daughter being out of work (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Update: 46-year-old Moldovan national Anna Kroft sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for March 2018 acid attack in Plzen brothel, apparently in dispute over non-payment; judgment isn’t final (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Expats / Law / Local News / Prostitutes / Sex / Social Media Posts

2 August, 2019

Update: 46-year-old Moldovan national Anna Kroft sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for March 2018 acid attack in Plzen brothel, apparently in dispute over non-payment; judgment isn’t final (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Update: Charles Bridge’s phantom cleaner reveals his identity: Miloslav Cerny, who makes his living removing graffiti, used high-pressure steam jet and says his technique is more efficient and less damaging than that planned by official restorers (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Crime / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

1 August, 2019

Update: Charles Bridge’s phantom cleaner reveals his identity: Miloslav Cerny, who makes his living removing graffiti, used high-pressure steam jet and says his technique is more efficient and less damaging than that planned by official restorers (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

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Market research firm STEM/MARK bought stolen data on Czech T-Mobile customers using phoney invoice, according to court documents released following freedom-of-information request (iROZHLAS.cz) [Social Media Post]

Business / Crime / Law / Social Media Posts / Technology

31 July, 2019

Market research firm STEM/MARK bought stolen data on Czech T-Mobile customers using phoney invoice, according to court documents released following freedom-of-information request (iROZHLAS.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Person or persons unknown cleans German tourists’ graffiti off Charles Bridge, before official restoration work begins; conservationists worried that paint-removal might have damaged bridge’s stonework (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Crime / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

29 July, 2019

Person or persons unknown cleans German tourists’ graffiti off Charles Bridge, before official restoration work begins; conservationists worried that paint-removal might have damaged bridge’s stonework (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

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Update: Cops charge 36-year-old man who claimed to have spotted and photographed puma near Kromeriz, Zlin Region, with crime of “spreading alarmist news”; photo was downloaded from the internet (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

Animals / Crime / Local News / Police / Social Media Posts

26 July, 2019

Update: Cops charge 36-year-old man who claimed to have spotted and photographed puma near Kromeriz, Zlin Region, with crime of “spreading alarmist news”; photo was downloaded from the internet (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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