Heroin addict convicted of killing 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in street robbery

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heroin addict has been convicted of killing a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor when he broke her neck while trying to steal a handbag. Artur Waszkiewicz, 40, was found guilty at Derby Crown Court of widow Zofija Kaczan in the street robbery on May 28 last year.

Jurors took just over two hours to convict Waszkiewicz of both manslaughter and robbery.

Wearing a black velvet jacket and velvet slipper shoes, the defendant showed no emotion and looked straight ahead as the verdicts were delivered.

Judge Nicholas Dean QC adjourned sentence until Thursday morning at the same court.

Addressing the jury, the judge said: "The sentence will inevitably be one of lengthy imprisonment. Mr Waszkiewicz knows that."

Polish-born Ms Kaczan, who survived a Nazi camp during the Second World War, suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured neck and cheekbone.

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