Růžička, also known as “Mawar” in MMA circles, together with Bureš (21) and another friend attacked a twenty-nine-year-old man at the swimming pool this July, who stood up for a woman who had been verbally harassed by the trio.
Růžička and his friends beat the man, kicked him, spat on him, and finally Růžička sent him to the ground with right and left hooks. The victim’s nose was broken as a result.
Incident at the swimming pool in PragueVideo: Police of the Czech Republic
Right after that, the trio ran away, and while Růžička hid in the bushes near the swimming pool, the other two tried to drive away. But she didn’t let them out of the parking lot because of the unpaid parking ticket of the barrier. They tried to pay at the machine, which they failed to do, so one of them tried – unsuccessfully – to convince the machine with his fists. In the end, they managed to leave, but the police caught them thanks to the camera footage.
He stood up for a girl who was harassed at a swimming pool in Prague and beaten. The police caught the trio from the video
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Both Růžička and Bureš – the third of the accused is being tried separately – pleaded guilty in front of the court on Wednesday and agreed to describe the crime. “I would like to plead guilty, the overall situation makes me very sorry, I thought it was unnecessary, I would like to apologize again to the victim,” said Bureš, the son of a former Czech bodybuilder.
Thus, the court dealt only with the issue of punishment. Given that both were tried repeatedly, mainly for disorderly conduct, the public prosecutor proposed a six-month prison sentence for them.
While Růžička agreed with the proposed sentence, Bureš’s lawyer asked the court to give the young recidivist one last chance and to impose the maximum possible condition on him, i.e. three years with a five-year probationary period.
Both were on probation
However, both young men committed the crimes while on probation for previous crimes, which the court took into account. In addition, both have multiple criminal records. “Both defendants are special recidivists in relation to the crime of disorderly conduct,” said judge Veronika Koropecká, adding that neither of them could receive a sentence other than an unconditional one.
And even though the judge thought the proposed six-month prison sentence rather low – both were threatened with up to three years in prison – she accepted it. “On the basis of today’s hearing, it can be said that the defendants have created the conditions for this proposal to be accepted,” noted the judge, who also took into account the fact that Růžička and Bureš are still awaiting a decision from the courts as to whether they have proven themselves during the probationary period.
While Růžička waived his right to appeal, Bureš kept a deadline for a possible appeal.
The fact that Růžička likes to present himself with violence even outside the octagon is evidenced, among other things, by an incident from last July in Prague 7, when he beat a man who was lying limp on the street and cursed at him. Růžička, who knocked him out before, recorded it on his phone and showed off the video on Instagram. For this, he received an eleven-month prison sentence suspended for three and a half years by a criminal order from the District Court for Prague 7 this year.
Just a few weeks after the attack in Prague 7, the media reported that Růžička had also attacked a girl in a bistro in the seventh district of the city, who stood up for his girlfriend.
To make matters worse, the police are also investigating Růžička in connection with a case from the beginning of August, in which the criminal police charged him with dangerous threats, robbery and disorderly conduct. It is precisely because of this that the District Court for Prague 6 in mid-August sent to custody. Ružička called it a “misunderstanding” in front of the court on Wednesday.
Ružička will probably sit longer
“Given that I have had a lot of time to think about myself now, I would like to say that I am very well aware of how inappropriately I have behaved and lived in recent months,” Růžička said in front of the court.
“It was a period when I was often under the influence of alcohol and benzodiazepams, which made me have a different view of the world,” he added, saying that he surrounded himself with people who did not have the best influence on him.
Růžiček is in real danger of spending more than half a year behind bars, because on the one hand, the court will decide on the possible conversion of the conditional sentence for last year’s act into an unconditional sentence, and at the same time, he faces another trial due to the above-mentioned dangerous threats and other acts.
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