Press: Police wiretap nobleman Kinsky, his lawyer

Lidove noviny writes that three years ago Czech police wiretapped nobleman Franz Ulrich Kinsky, who had filed a number of restitution claims for family property in Bohemia which had been confiscated at the end of the Second World War, three years ago. The paper claims that his lawyer Jaroslav Capek's phone was also bugged. Police, who suspected Mr Kinsky of fraud, recorded telephone conversations between Mr Kinsky and his lawyer, a fact sharply criticised by the Czech Bar Association. A Czech court approved the wiretapping and the current Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil says that this was in accordance with the law. According to Lidove noviny, the wiretapping of Mr Kinsky's phone did not prove the suspicion and investigation was halted after two years.

Author: Coilin O'Connor