Former department head at Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office commits suicide: report

The former head of the department of the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office dealing with the most serious cases of economic and financial crime has apparently committed suicide, Czech Television reported on Sunday. Milan Horváth appears to have jumped to his death from the roof of a Brno hotel on Thursday. Police have not confirmed the identity of a dead man found at the hotel. Mr Horváth was dismissed from his top job in the prosecutor’s office in 2007 after losing papers in a briefcase concerning a high profile criminal investigation. He was recently involved in a road accident under the influence of alcohol and stripped from his position as a state prosecutor.

Author: Chris Johnstone