The Court of Appeal in Gdańsk has finally sentenced Adrian C. and Natalia Ż. to 25 years in prison for the murder of a 36-year-old man. The incident took place in 2021 in Malbork. According to investigators, the murder was planned by the murdered man's wife, and the murder was committed by her lover.
The Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the court of first instance and sentenced 34-year-old Natalia Ż. and 37-year-old Adrian C. to 25 years in prison. In addition, the court ruled against the accused to pay compensation in the amount of PLN 100,000 to the minor son of the injured party. The accused were brought to court from the prison.
The murder of a 36-year-old man took place at the end of October 2021. The victim and his wife were staying with friends in Malbork. Investigators determined that the woman had instructed her husband to leave the apartment for a moment to collect things from a car parked nearby. As the victim was returning to the building, a masked man approached him and stabbed him several times, including in the chest. He then fled.
The injured party died from internal and external bleeding.
She wanted to inherit the estate after her husband's death.
Investigators reported that the evidentiary activities conducted in this case led to the identification and subsequent arrest in mid-December 2021 of two people – the injured party's wife and a man who was in a close relationship with her.
According to the prosecutor's office, the crime was planned. The initiator was supposedly the victim's wife. The prosecutor's office reported that the woman was driven by the desire to obtain the property she would inherit after her husband's death. She was afraid of losing it, because the man was considering divorce. According to investigators, the woman's 37-year-old lover wanted to curry favor with her “courage” and maintain a close relationship with her.
The prosecutor accused both of them of jointly and in agreement, with direct intent, committing murder with particular cruelty, as a result of motivation deserving particular condemnation.
In August 2023, the District Court in Gdańsk, which issued a non-final judgment, eliminated from the description of the act accused of the accused the act of acting with particular cruelty and as a result of motivation deserving particular condemnation, and from the act accused of the accused the act of acting with particular cruelty.
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