Head of Czech spending watchdog NKÚ dethroned by court ruling

A court ruling has ended the controversial reign of the Supreme Audit Office head who refused checks on its own books

Kateřina Menzelová | 20.02.2012

NKÚ boss František Dohnal (left) in court, fighting for his job

The head of the Czech Republic's main spending watchdog has finally been brought to book for refusing checks on the housekeeping of his own institution, the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ). A Prague court confirmed an earlier eight-month suspended prison sentence on František Dohnal, spelling the end of the line for the man who had refused the right of members of parliament to look over its books.

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