Jiří Straka

Jiří Straka (born 14 April 1969), also known as The Spartakiad Killer, is a Czech serial killer responsible for 11 attacks on women in Prague between February and May 1985, when he was aged 15 and 16, three of which were fatal. As he was a minor when he committed these crimes, he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

Following his release from prison in 2004, he legally changed his name and now lives in another part of the country. As a teenager, he alternated between going to a boarding school and a mining apprenticeship in nearby Stochov. Ludmila then lied to him, claiming that she would agree to have sex with him, but when they went out into the streets, she started shouting for help. Frightened, her assailant only asked for some money and then fled. Unwilling to get him into trouble, the woman decided not to report the incident to the authorities. hitting one on the head with a cobblestone and stealing her bag, while the other successfully defended herself from him using judo. While investigators were initially hesitant to believe that a teenager was able to commit such horrible crimes, Straka confessed to all known crimes and others they didn't know about, adding details that only the perpetrator would have known. While he was serving his sentence, a court order declared that he should be chemically castrated. while the latter two expressed their view that it would have been better for the family if their son had been executed.

In popular culture Straka is portrayed by Maxmilián Kocek in the television series Metoda Markovič: Straka.