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Krejcir fearful of dying in prison

CZECH mobster Radovan Krejcir fears he will die in prison, as his mental and physical health continues to deteriorate behind bars, his lawyer, Nastasja Otrebski says, following a visit to her client at Leeuwkop maximum security prison this week.

While Otrebski couldn’t go into detail regarding his health, she said it had worsened over the past few months.

She says Krejcir is being denied medical treatment at the maximum security prison.

“He is not getting medical treatment because it is either denied or ignored when he requests for him to see a doctor or

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