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Victim Michelina Lewandowska, 27, leaves Leeds Crown Court on Dec. 6. "I still have nightmares," she said in a statement released Monday.
LONDON -- A man who buried his fiancee alive in a cardboard box because he was "bored" with her was found guilty of attempted murder Monday, British media reported.
Marcin Kasprzak's intended victim, Michelina Lewandowska, 27, was bound and gagged. She escaped by using the engagement ring he gave her to cut herself free and then dug herself out, The Guardian reported.
The newspaper said Kasprzak had attacked her with a Taser and then buried her in a forest near Huddersfield, England, in May. A court was told that he was "bored" of his fiancee and wanted custody of their son Jakub, 3.
'Hatred'
A statement by Lewandowska was read by a police officer outside the court where the hearing took place Monday, BBC News reported.
"For many years I loved Marcin Kasprzak very much. But after his horrific attack upon me my feelings towards him have turned to hatred," her statement said.
"I still have nightmares that Marcin will come back to find me and kill me. My only hope is that he can accept that what he did to me was very wrong," she added.
"I really hope that no-one will ever experience what I went through on that day in May, at the hands of a man whom I loved and trusted," she said.
The statement said that during her time "inside my shallow grave," she feared "my life was at an end."
"I prayed to God to help me to survive so that I could look after my young son. The thought of my son gave me the strength to fight my way out of the box and save myself," she added.
Kasprzak, who claimed he only meant to scare Lewandowksa, is due to be sentenced on Jan. 13.
Another man, Patryk Borys, 18, was found not guilty of attempted murder, the BBC said. He and Kasprzak had previously admitted kidnap and Kasprzak admitted possessing a prohibited weapon.
Sky News quoted a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service as describing the case as "a heartless and calculated crime," adding that "Michelina was extremely lucky to escape with her life."
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I would like to personally pull the switch on this guy, or the gallows lever.
A better punishment would be just to let him rot in jail for life... the boredom that will set in from that will be much worse than any supposed "boredom" he suffered from his fiancee.
Screw that. Bury him alive bound and gagged. But he doesn't get a ring or anything else he could dig himself out with.
even better, make it all solitaire, or tell the other prisoners what he did.... they dont like it when you hit a woman... the things bubba is going to do to him... gonna make a woman out of him
Put peas in his nose ... then strap him to an ironing board and tickle his feet ...then hold him upside down over a huge vat of jello while listening to a sequence of of auto tuned pop selections! then, and only then force him to watch the entire series of Republican debates. I guarantee this fellow will cause no one any more problems (other than he'll probably have to be fed intravenously for the rest of his life due to catatonic shock.)
Purnell--"...force him to watch the entire series of Republican debates."?? We have laws against cruel and unusual punishment. Punish him, yeah, but....DAMN, Dude!!
Bored? Dang dude. Go to Amsterdam for a couple weeks. Buy a freaking top-of-the-line blow up doll.
Get a hobby, read a book.
Blow up dolls are overrated, plus patching them is a bi#$#...
Rob? We'll just take your word for that. And what were you doing to cause a leak??
What a schmuck and lame excuse. Too bad he didn't laser himself and have his friend bury him due to his boredom. Glad she survived to take care of her son.
Is that laser able to cut through steel?
It's probably what bored people do 'where he's from.'
Didn't he take the role playing a little too far?
Tha would have been my excuse. "Bored" is the new abbreviation for "I want her out of my life and not have to fight for visitation or make child support payments."
yeah -- in his mind easier than filing for divorce and doing all that pesky paper work and paying attorney fees and back and forth to court ...custody hearings blah blah blah --- apparently easier just to whack her --- a true sociopath in every sense of the word ---letting him back into society would be a tragedy...
I don't blame her for being pissed. He was bored huh? Someone needs to really bore him some more.
What divorce? She was only engaged to the loser (and thank goodness for that).
I wonder if he'd be bored while large people chased him with whips.
If your'e going to chase him why not with mean animals or something. I know society is more civilized in modern times, but sometimes don't you just want to see someone tortured like they did in the middle ages? Or actually like they still do in some places.
Troublesome his accomplice was found not guilty. How can this be ? I guess he talked his way out of it.
Not guilty of attempted murder, but he assumably plead guilty to kidnapping and possession of a prohibited weapon.
I am sure it will be difficult for the prosecuation to show they were trying to kill her and not jsut scare her. In a diferent article it was said there was only like 2 inches of dirt on top of the box. THey did a terrible job if they were actually trying to kill her. It's the same as pointing an empty gun at somone though, if they don't know its not loaded you still deserve to be shot.
Regardless of his intentions making somone fear for their life just for your enjoyment is a terrible crime.
I pray that both mother and son will be safe and that they'll heal from this horrendous ordeal. I'm also praying that her former fiancee will indeed realize that he was wrong and take advantage of any programs that maybe in the prison to work on himself. Especially if there's a chance that he'll get out, somewhere down the line.
Peace.
ur better than everyone
I read something years ago written by a psycologist that has remained with me. He said that people that are bored ARE BORING PEOPLE.
99% of life is what you make it. So if your life sucks... You Suck. If your life is boring... You're boring.
I don't think being "boring" was the problem here (not that I would disagree with that psychologist). I think being a SOCIOPATH was the problem here. I hope he is killed in prison so she never has to worry about him again.
She should use that ring to gouge his eyes out.
I hope he has some "bored" cellmates.
She forgot to say "blue balloons".
I thought the "safe word" was pink fuzzy bunny slippers!
20 years in prison. No that's going to be true boredom...
she must have been VERY boring
THIS is why we have capital punishment.
Problem is, they don't have capitol punishment. Most of those over the pond have max sentences of 20 years. Seems to me he is a candidate for a pillow over the face.
He's going to have his face buried into his pillow a lot in prison!
I get bored, I build a black powder cannon and fire paper cannonballs out into the forest and see how many birds take off... but burying still-living people? Seriously? Who peed in this guy's gene pool?
My guess is she gave the ring back....but it's just a guess.....
HELL NO!!! I'd keep that ring FOREVER if it saved my life...who'd have thought?
I am surprised he didn't take the ring and pawn it!
Hells yes, keep it. She used it to cut herself free. Now that's sweet irony.
And in addition to jail, whipping and whatever, this man should never be allowed within 10 miles of his boy. He's proven he's a bad influence.
Dude if you that bored with her. Just @!$%#ing leave. Damn. It ain't rocket science
This dude will now really be "Bored" wow life in a cage.
He'll likely get bored, drilled and reamed in that cage.
and get his teeth knocked out so he cant bite....
Lost for words!!!!!
Wonder what would have happened when he became "bored" with fatherhood.
Excellent point, Jaybee. Psycopaths like this one never change; they just hide it better.
Hope that kid is NEVER forced to visit the sperm donor.
Turn about is fair play. Give him the same (but get a much better box).
Forget the better box. Dig the hole deeper for his grave. Maybe 10 feet?
Now who would bury a perfectly good white woman?
It's good to know that not all of the wierdos live here in the US! I thought we had a monopoly on them.
A person like this doesn't change. He just becomes more clever about his method and hiding the evidence the next time around.
I get what you are saying, but I just don't think THIS guy could get more clever. From what I read his light isn't that bright
let me guess: most of you are good christians, right?
What does that have to do with this? The dude tried killing and burying the mother of his child.
Let me guess, you think that is ok, right?
As I hear Gary and the Playboys singing "This Diamond Ring" somewhere in the distance