Lodzkie

18th September 2009

A macabre case came before Lodz magistrates this week in which three young men, aged 17 and 18 at the time, killed their neighbour to “celebrate” an eighteenth birthday and then later killed a 16-year-old colleague to see what it was like when somebody died.

Prosecutors described it as one of the most horrific cases they have dealt with, particularly in the light of the perpetrators young age and the cynical nature of the crimes. First, two of the three, Krzysztof L. and Bartosz C., went drinking with their 32-year-old neighbour and when he later fell asleep they decided to kill him. “According to their explanation, it was supposed to be a present for one of the accused who had had his ...