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Tourist, 27, jailed after killing Brit dad, 31, with vodka bottle on Prague stag do in horror ‘blind attack’

Published on May 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM

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 in September last year.

A British father-of-three has died after being allegedly being hit with a vodka bottle on a stag do in Prague David 'Dai' Richards, 31, was killed in the Czech capital when he was struck to the back on the head by the bottle on the first night of the stag weekend. The keen footballer from set off from his family home in Mountain Ash, South Wales, at 5am on Friday for the fun weekend away - but was attacked at 10pm in the street. He was put on a life support machine but died in hospital. Pictured here David 'Dai' Richards WALES NEWS SERVICE
David, a father of three, tragically died in September 2024
A British father-of-three has died after being allegedly being hit with a vodka bottle on a stag do in Prague David 'Dai' Richards, 31, was killed in the Czech capital when he was struck to the back on the head by the bottle on the first night of the stag weekend. The keen footballer from set off from his family home in Mountain Ash, South Wales, at 5am on Friday for the fun weekend away - but was attacked at 10pm in the street. He was put on a life support machine but died in hospital. Pictured here with his partner Jola Simms WALES NEWS SERVICE
David ‘Dai’ Richards with his partner Jola Simms

David was a 31-year-old father-of-three from Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Czech Police spokesman Jan DanÄ›k 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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