Podlaskie

5th February 2010

A Bialystok court this Thursday sentenced 47-year-old Krzsysztof Bartoszuk to ten years in prison for the repeated rape of his daughter over a six year period. Prosecutors had asked for the maximum sentence of fifteen years, but charges of extreme cruelty against the man were not proven.

The court heard how the daughter’s nightmare began with being molested when she was 13. The father began to systematically rape her once she was fifteen, leading to two children, both of whom were abandoned after birth (see NPE 12/15). He reportedly told his daughter, “You’re my property and nobody is going to touch you.” The girl’s mother was a silent witness to the ongoing situation, both women be ...