Overview
- The Frydek-Mistek District Court found the attacker guilty of attempted bodily harm and imposed a one-year prison term suspended on probation.
- The court ordered a 3,000 koruna fine, and the public prosecutor filed an appeal seeking a harsher penalty.
- The presiding judge admonished that political conflicts must not be settled with sticks or any form of violence.
- Babis took several rest days on doctors’ advice after the September campaign assault and reported no lasting injuries.
- Babis governs with ANO in coalition with two far-right parties as prosecutors separately seek the lifting of his immunity over alleged subsidy fraud.