Gdańsk. The defense attorney of Paweł Adamowicz’s killer appealed against the verdict. “The punishment is too harsh”

After the verdict in the murder of Paweł Adamowicz, which was decided before the District Court in Gdańsk on March 15Stefan W., illegally sentenced to life imprisonment, is fighting to shorten his sentence. W.’s defense attorney filed an appeal against the verdict, which was first reported by Radio Gdańsk.

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In March, the court found Stefan W. guilty of murdering the president of Gdańsk, as well as attacking and threatening the announcer. At the same time, the court decided that he would be able to apply for early release after 40 years of solitary confinement. According to the court, the accused should serve his sentence in a therapeutic system – undertake therapy and social rehabilitation activities. At the same time, W. was sentenced to 10 years of deprivation of public rights.

– As a defense attorney, I have a duty to take care of the client’s interests. In the defense’s opinion, the punishment is too severe, taking into account not the event itself, but the mental state of the accused. It should be remembered that he was in a state of limited sanity, which was confirmed in the not yet final judgment of the District Court, said Marcin Kminkowski, the defendant’s defense attorney, in an interview with PAP.

– If it was determined that we were dealing with a perpetrator acting under limited sanity, the court had the opportunity to apply extraordinary leniency. However, despite the fact that it had the opportunity to do so, the court imposed the strictest possible penalty, the lawyer added.

In January 2019, during a WOŚP concert, Stefan W., then 27, ran onto the stage with a knife and fatally wounded the president of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz.