Tourist, 27, jailed after killing Brit dad, 31, with vodka bottle on Prague stag do in horror ‘blind attack'
A GERMAN man has been jailed for seven years after killing a Welsh dad on a stag do in the Czech Republic.
Joel Hoppe, 27, was sentenced this week at a Prague court for the
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David, a father of three, tragically died in September 2024
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David 'Dai' Richards with his partner Jola Simms
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David was a 31-year-old father-of-three from Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Czech Police spokesman Jan Daněk said: "At first, everything was calm and the tourists were chatting normally.
"Then there was a rift between them and one of them hit the other in the head with a vodka bottle.
"The blow was so strong that the injured person immediately fell to the ground and unfortunately died in hospital."
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