Czech crime boss Krejčíř wins legal battle over laptop charging rights

CZECH fugitive and jailed organised crime boss Radovan Krejéif faced a dilemma as the court earlier granted him permission to use his laptop in his cell for study purposes, but he cannot charge the device overnight, as he has no plug point in his cell.

- ZELDA VENTER

Krejéii told the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, that correctional services are refusing to allow him to charge his laptop via an extension cord to an electrical device outside his cell.

The department offered to charge his laptop overnight and give it back to him the next morning, but Krejcit is refusing this offer.

He explained that he had signed an indemnity agreement with the department that he will not hold it responsible if anything happened to his laptop. He was earlier given the green light to pursue his computer-related studies and have a laptop in his single cell at the Kgosi Mampuru C-Max Correctional Centre.

This allowed Krejéit to pursue his computer-related studies at private education provider, Oxbridge Academy.

He has been allowed to use his laptop since August, but he cannot fully use it due to the charging issue.