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04.05.2022 - 21:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An evil dad who murdered his infant son to get revenge against his former partner for ending their relationship has been jailed for life.
Lukasz Czapla, 41, shot, stabbed and smothered two-year-old Julius at his home in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, in November 2020 to get back at the child’s mum Patrycja Szczesniak. The high court in the city heard how Patrycja had split from Czapla in June that year but was happy to allow him look after defenceless Julius.
However, on the night of November 20 2020, she told Czapla that she was seeing somebody else in a text message. This prompted him to send her a series of bizarre texts asking her about her new partner and her sex life.
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The court heard how Patrycja refused to respond to the messages. Callous Czapla, who had spent the evening drinking beer, then downed anti depressants with wine.
He then decided to shoot Julius three times in the head with a gas powered air pistol.
Three ball bearings were later recovered from his head. He then stabbed the toddler with a metal skewer before smothering him with a pillow leaving Julius lying lifeless in his house in Muirhouse, Edinburgh.
The court heard how Patrycja then discovered her son’s remains the following day. Czapla, who kept quantities of mind bending LSD at the house at the same time he was looking after Julius, then left the property. Czapla drove away, committing road traffic offences as he tried to flee.
Czapla claimed he suffered from poor mental health at the time he killed Julius and it was so bad that it affected his actions and he acted out of character. His lawyer Iain McSporran QC argued that his client’s health condition was such
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