Former prosecutor goes to court for judicial murder of Milada Horakova

Ludmila Brozova-Polednova, over 80, was accused of participation in the judicial murder of anticommunist politician Milada Horakova, who was executed by the communists in 1950. The former prosecutor is facing up to 15 years in prison for complicity to murder. Milada Horakova was arrested after the communist takeover in 1949, accused of high treason and espionage and sentenced to death in a show trial. She was the only woman executed in Czechoslovakia for political reasons.

Author: Jan Richter