A 15-year-old Polish student who tragically died after suffering a campaign of abuse at the hands of his torturing mother and her partner was today described as a ‘model pupil’ and was fast learning English and making friends after less than a year at a UK school.
Sebastian Kalinowski was beaten, tortured and killed by his mother Agnieszka Kalinowska, 35, and her partner Andrezej Latoszewski, 38. He died in August 2021 in Huddersfield from organ failure, as a result of sepsis brought on by multiple untreated broken ribs.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard that Sebastian was beaten with a plank of wood, whipped with an extension cable and stabbed with a needle by his mother and her partner. He was also force fed food and drink and then had to carry out extreme exercise for merely dropping crumbs on his bedroom floor, or even having gone to the toilet at night.
On Friday, July 22, his mother and her partner were both convicted of murder following a trial at Leeds Crown Court.
The couple claimed they punished Sebastian for lying, failing to do his homework and not attending North Huddersfield Trust School (NHTS).
