Former investigator gets suspended sentence for leaking info on raid

A Prague district court on Thursday imposed a 13-month suspended sentence with a 2.5-year probation on former investigator Ludek Vokal for leaking information about a planned police raid in the Vidkun case of links of police, businessmen and politicians in the North Moravian Olomouc Region. Vokal was also banned from working with the police for 16 months. The verdict is not yet legally binding as Vokal took time for considering an appeal. The state attorney gave up the right to appeal. Vokal, a former elite detective from the police squad for fighting organised crime (UOOZ), denies the charges of power abuse.