A 'drunk and angry' father who beat to death a man who broke into his car has been jailed.
A "drunk and angry" father who beat to death a man who broke into his car has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years.
Mr Justice Lavender told him: "It seems you were justified in that belief, but there's no justification for what you did next.In a statement to the court read by prosecutor Richard Thyne KC, Mr Chojnowski's mother Bozena said she "still cannot come to terms with his death". She described her son as "respectful" and "helpful" person who avoided confrontation and had been planning to move in with her because of her deteriorating health.Mateusz Chojnowski, 28, died from "catastrophic" injuries to his head, chest and abdomen
His newborn son had been diagnosed with Down's Syndrome and his waste disposal business had begun to fail during the Covid pandemic, forcing him to sell it, the court heard.
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