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The Court Sentenced a Young Man From Prague to an Exceptional Sentence for Setting His Girlfriend on Fire

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Only 24-year-old Jiří Junek, who, among other things, raped one of his girlfriends, tried to burn another and brutally abused pets, received an exceptional 21-year sentence from the Municipal Court in Prague on Friday. Junek confessed to most of the crimes, denying only attempted murder. By setting his girlfriend on fire, he wanted to force her to confess to her alleged infidelity. He said he did not want to kill her. The verdict is not final.

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Only 24-year-old Jiří Junek, who, among other things, raped one of his girlfriends, tried to burn another and brutally abused pets, received an exceptional 21-year sentence from the Municipal Court in Prague on Friday. Junek confessed to most of the crimes, denying only attempted murder. By setting his girlfriend on fire, he wanted to force her to confess to her alleged infidelity. He said he did not want to kill her. The verdict is not final.

He poured gasoline on his girlfriend and set her on fire, then on the advice of artificial intelligence, Jiří J. (24) called an ambulance. In addition, he committed 12 other crimes. Yesterday, the Municipal Court in Prague sentenced him to 21 years in prison.

The court imposed an exceptional sentence of 21 years in prison and subsequent preventive detention on Jiří Junka, who confessed to dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire in her Prague apartment after several months of abuse. He was also found guilty of animal cruelty, rape, dangerous threats and drugging an underage girl. According to experts and the court, the rehabilitation of the 24-year-old with sadistic tendencies is …

·Čestlice, Czechia
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The court today imposed an exceptional sentence of 21 years in prison and subsequent preventive detention on Jiří Junka, who confessed to dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire in her Prague apartment after several months of abuse. The non-final verdict also found him guilty of animal cruelty, rape, dangerous threats and drugging an underage girl. According to experts and the court, the rehabilitation of the 24-year-old wit…

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Novinky.cz broke the news on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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