Businessman Kyselý definitively loses at Constitutional Court, Vidkun case concluded
The Constitutional Court rejected a complaint by businessman Ivan Kyselý and upheld his sentence in the case of illegal transmission of information from police files.
Businessman Kyselý definitively loses at Constitutional Court, Vidkun case concluded
Brno – Justice has closed off the last avenue available to businessman Ivan Kyselý to escape punishment for illegally obtaining police data. On Thursday, the Constitutional Court rejected his complaint and upheld a two-year suspended prison sentence to be served over three years along with a fine exceeding one million crowns. This ruling brings to a close the so-called Vidkun case, which involved the systematic removal of sensitive materials from criminal files.
Kyselý received data from former police officer Karel Kadlec, who previously held the position of regional deputy. This man provided him with information from nine different cases over an extended period, including investigations into an Olomouc water park, a hockey club and an IT company. According to the prosecution, the businessman used these reports to strengthen his position and influence in the regional environment.
The judges emphasised that if secret information about ongoing investigations reaches businessmen connected to politicians, it can seriously jeopardise the purpose of criminal proceedings. Particularly when the recipient is someone directly affected by the case in question.
The Supreme Court had previously reduced Kyselý's sentence – from the original three years with a four-year suspension and a fine of 1.82 million crowns to a two-year sentence with a three-year suspension and a sum of 1.05 million. Kadlec originally faced 3.5 years in prison, but the appellate court imposed a three-year suspended sentence, a pecuniary penalty of 438 thousand crowns and a five-year ban from working in security services.
Also punished in the same case was former regional governor Jiří Rozbořil, who requested materials from Kadlec regarding an equestrian facility in Lazce and offered him a bribe for delaying the case. Rozbořil received a two-year suspended sentence with a 3.5-year suspension and a fine of 182 thousand crowns. The Constitutional Court had rejected his complaint earlier.
Judge Veronika Křesťanová stated in her reasoning that the general courts made no error in their sentencing that would justify intervention by the highest instance of constitutional law. The convicted individuals have consistently denied committing the criminal offence.
Source: České noviny
Source: České noviny