The murderer Ďuričko wasn’t a friend of ours, maintains Paroubek’s wife
Petra Paroubek, wife of ČSSD Chairman Jiří Paroubek, strongly denies that herself and her husband regarded Bohumír Ďuričko as a friend. Ďuričko was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison on Friday for the murder of Václav Kočka Junior.
According to Petra Paroubek the claims of friendship with herself and her husband were just a part of Ďuričko’s strategy in court to try to limit his upcoming sentence.
‘One of these claims falsely implied a friendly relationship with myself and my husband and raised suspicion of connection with our social engagements. He used this claim only because he carried out his disgusting act at a party for the signing of a new book by my husband,’ said Petra Paroubek, protesting against the fact that an event by the Paroubek’s has been in some way associated with the actions of the killer Ďuričko.
‘That he committed this crime of murder at the end of a book signing by my husband, provides a backdrop, which for some is an opportunity to express disapproval with the contents of the book, or with the social engagements of me or my husband,’ she said. ‘We have nothing in common with the murdering criminal Ďuričko, and neither myself nor my husband had a friendly relationship with him. I personally despise him,’ she added.
