Supreme Court orders drunk-driving incident to be judged as a crime

The Supreme Court has ordered that the case of a drunk-driver who was fined by a lower-order court for being a public threat to be re-classified as a crime. The Supreme Court heard the case after the state attorney appealed an earlier verdict. The ,man was caught heavily intoxicated speeding through the streets of Znojno and putting dozens of lives at risk. The Brno regional court classified the incident as a misdemeanor, sending it to the court in Znojno which fined the man 50 thousand crowns and issued a four year ban on driving. The case will now be reopened.