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Former Regional Governor Avoids Prison as Court Cuts Sentence in Subsidy Case
Translated from Czech and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- An appeals court reduced former Ústí nad Labem governor Jiří Šulc’s sentence for abuse of authority in the ROP Northwest subsidy case.
- Šulc received a three-year suspended sentence and a five-year probation period instead of the four-year prison term imposed by the lower court.
- The decision is final.
Former Ústí nad Labem governor Jiří Šulc will not serve time in prison after an appeals court reduced his sentence in the extensive ROP Northwest subsidy case.
The court imposed a three-year suspended sentence and a five-year probation period for abuse of authority. The lower court had sentenced Šulc to four years in prison.
The appeals court’s decision is final.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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