A man who beat his friend to death with a paving stone and stole his money to go gambling has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
Minimum 30 years imprisonment
Lukas Domradzky, 35, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to at least 30 years in prison by Birmingham Crown Court in the UK for killing a man with a paving stone before taking his money to go on a gambling tour.
Domradzki stole £2,000 ($2440) in victims’ money
The sentencing of Domradzki on Thursday came after he murdered his friend Sebastian Zygmunt, 26, in Solihull on June 8, 2021. West Midlands Police took to Twitter to share the news that Domradzki was behind bars:
According to the British police force, after Zygmunt was murdered, Domeradzki stole £2,000 ($2440) from the victims’ money, which he spent on betting shops, clothes and beer. The suspect also deceived the victim’s girlfriend into believing that Zygmont was still alive.
Domeradzki sent a message to Zygmunt’s girlfriend from the deceased’s mobile phone, according to reports ITV.com. He also called her directly, claiming that one of his friends had told him that Zygmont was asleep.
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to me ITV.comWest Midlands Police officers used tracked mobile phone movements, surveillance cameras, and forensics to prove that Domradzki killed Zygmunt and then “I tried to carry on as if nothing had happened.”
History of amphetamine abuse
Domradzky, who has a history of amphetamine abuse, admitted in a police interview that he was under the influence the day they found the victim. CCTV footage showed Domradzki going to Zygmont’s back garden, where he is believed to have picked up the paving stone before he was killed.
Police then discovered that the suspect, a recent murderer, had gone to a betting shop in the suburb of Olton. Here he bought a beer and took a train to downtown Birmingham where he bought clothes and visited another betting shop.
CCTV footage later revealed that the suspect was leaving the victim’s property wearing a Zygmunt T-shirt and sneakers and carrying his gym bag containing Zygmunt’s mobile phone. Forensics came to him when the police discovered Domiradzky’s DNA on the bloodstained paving stone.
The victim was saving the money that Domradzky had stolen to go on vacation.
tragic death
“This is the tragic death of a young man who had his life ahead of him,” said Jim Mahon, Detective Inspector for the West Midlands Police Homicide Unit.
Mahon, who headed the investigation, said the alcohol and drug suspect saw the victim and his money as easy prey. “Take the opportunity to kill him, steal his property and money, and then go on a gambling tour.”
DID added that its police force had hoped that the fact that Domradzky had been going to prison for so long “would be a relief to the [Zygmunt’s] loved ones. “
