As reported by Onet, the prosecutor's office dropped the case of responsibility for unfair conviction of Tomasz Komenda. We remind you that the man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
Threads in the investigation were cut on December 28. This ended the entire investigation. – No one will be held criminally responsible – the representative of Odze prosecutor's office, which conducted the investigation, told the journalist.
Komenda case
Tomáš Komenda was arrested in 2000, and three years later the court sentenced him to 25 years in prison for the murder and rape of a 15-year-old girl. A losing appeal in 2004 didn't help either. At the turn of 2017 and 2018, as a result of obtaining new evidence, the prosecutor's office and the police established that the man was innocent. Due to the receipt of new evidence, the prosecutor's office applied to the court to reopen the case and release him from serving the sentence. According to the prosecutor's office, the man did not commit the actions he was accused of. Komenda left prison in mid-March 2018.
In May 2018, the Supreme Court acquitted Tomáš Komenda. The Supreme Court decision overturns a previous final sentence of 25 years in prison for the murder and rape of a 15-year-old girl.
In February 2021, the Opole District Court fined the man almost PLN 13 million. zloty. compensation During his 18 years in prison.
After the announcement of the decision, Tomáš Komenda admitted that he does not know whether he will appeal Monday's decision or not: – We have to read the justification and we will make a decision.
He added that he was glad the court had “finally closed the process.” “I can leave here and never come back,” he told reporters. – At some point, I lost trust in public opinion, which considered me a pedophile, a violent person and a murderer, and now I have won against the system and am free. A man – he said.