Convicted child killer Mariusz Krezolek will try to appeal against the guilty verdict for the murder of Coventry schoolboy Daniel Pelka. The stepfather of the four-year-old will appeal against his sentence before Christmas. Daniel died at his home in Coventry in March 2012, after what a judge described as a ‘campaign of cruelty’ at the hands of his mother and stepfather. Magdalena Luczak, and Mariusz Krezolek, were each convicted of murder and jailed for life last year. But now Krezolek is trying to appeal the guilty verdict, yet it’s not clear on what grounds the murder conviction is being challenged. Both he and mother Luczak will also attempt to get their minimum 30-year jail terms reduced. During the trial the court heard how Daniel had become emaciated and left to scavenge for food in bins at school and stealing from classmates lunch boxes. He was also subjected to horrific psychological and physical abuse, said sentencing judge Mrs Justice Cox. It included being locked in a tiny box room, subjected to cold water punishment and forced to swallow salt. He eventually died from a hard blow or series of blows to the head. The appeal cases are due to go before three senior judges in London’s Criminal Appeal Court in mid-December. As well as being pretty much starved to death, Daniel was subjected to systematic physical abuse - His injuries at time of death included: 1) Subdural Haematoma 2) Bruise at the rim of the lower part of the ear 3) Bruise, with central loss of the superficial layer of the skin, to the left of the midline of the forehead 4) Bruise at the right side of the forehead, just behind the outer angle of the right eye 5) Two areas of bruising over the right side of the head 6) Bruising at the upper right of the back of the scalp 7) Bruising on the left of the back of the scalp 8) Bruising over the left temple 9) Bruising over the left side of the front of the top of the head 10) Bruising to the right of the midline of the top of the head. 11) Bruising to the back of the neck 12) 3 bruises to the left shoulder 13) Bruising to the back of the right shoulder 14) Bruising to the right of the midline at the middle of the back 15) Cluster of 6 small bruises above the cleft between the buttocks 16) Bruising by the left elbow 17) Bruising by the right elbow 18) Bruising on the right forearm 19) Bruising on the upper left thigh 20) Bruising by the left knee 21) Bruising around the right knee 22) Bruising by the right ankle
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 07:46:19 +0000
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