A man who carried out a frenzied knife attack and killed six people, including his wife and two young children, was found guilty of six counts of manslaughter yesterday.
Damian Rzeszowski armed himself with kitchen knives and stabbed his father-in-law Marek Gartska (56), his wife Izabela Rzeszowska (30), his daughter Kinga (5) and two-year-old son Kacper at their Jersey home on August 14th last year.
The 31-year-old Polish builder also turned on his wife’s friend, Marta De La Haye (34) and her five-year-old daughter Julia, who were at the house for a barbecue.
Rzeszowski was convicted of six counts of manslaughter following a trial at the Royal Court in St Helier, Jersey.
The court heard that Rzeszowski’s marriage had been under strain after his wife confessed to a two-month affair with another man and threatened to take her own life.
Rzeszowski admitted the killings but his defence argued that he was suffering moderate to severe depression, causing an onset of psychotic symptoms which diminished his responsibility. – (PA)