[7] The discothèque witness later faced death threats from right-wing extremists, as a result of which he refused to testify in court.

[8] However the lead was crucial, because investigators were able to identify and tap suspects' telephones, and so start uncovering the background to the attack.

Officially they maintained that they had no direct leads, but were following up on the suspicion that the attack might be part of wider campaign of violence orchestrated by leaders of the Czech extreme right, and not an isolated incident.

[9] The Agency's annual reports had routinely been flagging up right wing extremist groups as a danger to national security, which explained its long-term close interest in them.

Later, as the evident lack of police progress caused the suspects to relax, the tapping of this car would prove vital in solving the case.

David Vaculík was the only member of the gang who remained silent both through the whole investigation and during the court trial, where he also waived his right to a final speech.

[23] Vaculík was the only member of the group who refused psychiatric evaluation designed to identify evidence of pyromania.

[27] Jaromír Lukeš was long-term supporter of ultra-right wing politics in the Czech Republic, with ties to the neo-Nazi organisations "National Resistance" and "Autonomous Nationalists".

In the summer of 2008 he left his job and continued to live on welfare, while his partner was receiving maternity benefits.

It was a third girlfriend, Zuzana Osadníková, who called him on the night of the attack, and whose reply "they are going on gypsies" was overheard by a volunteer fireman.

He asked, without success, that Lukeš' actions to be tried not as a racially motivated attempted multiple murder, but as an offence under the bodily harm provision of the Criminal Code.

"[32] Müller's attorney Markéta Políšenská claimed that racially motivated attempted multiple murder charges were unfounded.

[34] Cojocaru's attorney Ladislav Myšák claimed that there was no evidence supporting the prosecution's charge of racially motivated attempted multiple homicide.

Only days before the arson attack six different people, all of them living in Germany, officially inherited the house.

The attacked family supposedly believed that the house had been purchased by their great-grandmother 40 years earlier for a price of 2000 crowns (less than US$100), but no such valid transfer could be evidenced.

[37] The most severely injured of the victims was Natálie Kudriková, aged 3, who suffered second- and third-degree burns over 80% of her body, and lost two of her fingers at the time of the attack.

According to expert witness Igor Dvořáček, the many long-lasting anaesthesia doses necessary for her treatment have also caused minor mental retardation.

The insurance company will recover the debt from the convicted perpetrators if they have the money, but their ability to pay such an amount is currently next to null.

[45] The defense challenged her testimony because when she testified in court she was heavily under the influence of psychoactive drugs[46] (prescribed by her psychiatrist after the attack).

[48] Initially treated in Opava, he was transferred to a different hospital after police found out that Kudrik was himself "on the run" and should have been behind bars at the time of the attack.

[47] After spending three days in prison, Kudrik was released on the President's order,[49] later receiving a full Presidential pardon.

[47] Vlasta and Václav Malý helped three children, who were living in the house with Siváková, to escape the fire.

Many prominent figures, not only ones actively involved in the area of racism or with ethnic minorities, were expressing their opinions and comments on internet or the press outlets.

Pavel Smolka, mayor of Vítkov, stated the family were sociable, had lived in the house for 27 years, and that the attack was incomprehensible for him.

[52][53] Czech President Václav Klaus called the attack raw and repulsive crime and demanded exemplary punishment for the perpetrators.

Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolánek, expressed his concern over the rising extremism and stressed the importance of fighting it.