Victims: The attackers' lawyers also made much of her own extensive criminal history. She had been convicted eight times. Siv kov's partner, Pavel Kudrik, aged 33, suffered burns on his hands and back. He was released from hospital after 11 days. 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. His most recent conviction was for driving without a license. Mr Kudrik's criminal history included 14 convictions. After spending three days in prison, Kudrik was released on the President's order, later receiving a full Presidential pardon. Sivkov's mother, Vlasta Mal, was also living in the house. She did not suffer any injuries. After the attack she claimed that she had heard shouts of "Burn gypsies!" The defense challenged her testimony, citing differences between what she had told the investigators and what she testified at the court. Mal reacted by saying "Why should such details matter. They burned us!" However, Mal's own record included four criminal convictions, one of them for an assault on a public official. Vclav Mal, Mal's husband, was also living in the house. Mal was not injured, but he claimed damages for a very wide variety of consumer electronics he had stored in the house. The defense challenged this and asserted that the house was being used to store stolen goods, which Mal denied. Mal had been convicted 12 times. Vlasta and Vclav Mal helped three children, who were living in the house with Sivkov, to escape the fire. Neither the Mals nor the three children were hurt in the attack