Killer who fled UK in dinghy jailed for murdering 15-year-old boy

A antheral who tried to fly the UK successful a dinghy aft murdering his ex-partner's lad has been jailed.

Suliman Altaf, 45, was recovered connected the English Channel a time aft helium stabbed 15-year-old Jakub Szymanski to decease successful Manchester successful June 2022.

He had been trying to support his mother, Katarzyna Bastek, who Altaf besides stabbed 13 times.

He was fixed a beingness condemnation with a minimum of 30 years astatine Manchester Crown Court.

Paying tribute to her son, who had a "special grin and a peculiar face", Ms Bastek said helium was " a peculiar hero" that day.

She added: "Kuba, we can't and volition ne'er regenerate you.

"You gave your emotion that day, your full beingness through. God bless you Jakub, we emotion you."

Altaf, of Slough, turned up uninvited with a weapon and wearing a surgical disguise and latex gloves astatine Ms Bastek's location successful Miles Platting connected the nighttime of 9 June 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

He fto himself into the location and stabbed her repeatedly, earlier fatally wounding her lad arsenic helium tried to support his mother.

Prosecutors said Jakub was injured successful his cervix and arms and was pronounced dormant an hr aft the attack.

His parent was stabbed 13 times, including successful the head, and suffered fractures successful her look and ribs and a collapsed lung.

CCTV footage showed Altaf was lone successful the location for 2 minutes earlier helium was seen moving distant with humor connected his face.

He past spent £350 connected a taxi to instrumentality him to Slough, earlier heading to the seashore to effort a crossing successful a dinghy.

The CPS said helium was intercepted by and RLNI lifeboat unit connected the evening of 10 June.

He told the unit that helium had intended to sail to France earlier travelling to Portugal.

After an hr of dialog Altaf yet agreed to permission the dinghy and was taken backmost to enactment wherever helium was arrested.

In a constabulary interview, Altaf said helium had been acting successful self-defence aft being attacked by the lad and his mother.

However aft a trial, helium was recovered blameworthy of murder, attempted execution and possession of a weapon successful a nationalist place.

Senior Investigating Officer Philip Reade, said it was an "extremely vicious, frenzied and targeted attack" that would unrecorded with this household for the remainder of their lives.

He said Jakub was "savagely murdered whilst trying to support his mum from definite death".

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