Mysłowice Mayor Charged

7th December 2007

Mayor Grzegorz Osyra of the Silesian city of Mysłowice faces up to three years in prison for false testimony and reporting a non-existent crime, if charges filed by Katowice area prosecutors on Dec. 5 prove to be true.

Mayor Grzegorz Osyra of the Silesian city of Mysłowice faces up to three years in prison for false testimony and reporting a non-existent crime, if charges filed by Katowice area prosecutors on Dec. 5 prove to be true.
The prosecution alleges that Osyra faked an attempt on his own life to help him gain public support before 2003 snap elections that followed the unexplained death of his predecessor. Osyra claims an attacker stabbed him, but prosecutors charge that he did it h ...