The Warsaw Downtown District Court has sentenced \u0141ukasz \u017bak to 20 years in prison for causing a fatal accident on the \u0141azienkowska Route in September 2024, with the defense immediately announcing an appeal. <\/p>\n
\u0141ukasz \u017bak was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for the fatal collision on Warsaw\u2019s \u0141azienkowska Route. Presiding Judge Maciej Mitera stated that the penalty was necessary to protect society from drivers who act with such premeditation.<\/p>\n
Judge Mitera emphasized the gravity of the incident, noting that speeding a vehicle like a Volkswagen Arteon\u2014which he described as a “small tank”\u2014to 200 km\/h left no room for reaction or survival. The judge explicitly stated that the sentence was intended to protect the public from the defendant, noting that \u017bak showed zero reflection throughout the trial.<\/p>\n
In addition to the prison term, the court ruled that \u017bak may apply for early release only after serving at least 15 years. He is ordered to pay 300,000 PLN to each of the victim’s children and 150,000 PLN to his former partner. An additional 10,000 PLN must be paid to the Foundation for Victims and Post-penitentiary Assistance.<\/p>\n
Other individuals involved in the case were also convicted for assisting \u017bak in his attempt to evade criminal responsibility.<\/p>\n
The tragedy occurred on September 15, 2024, when a Volkswagen Arteon collided with a Ford. The accident resulted in the death of a 37-year-old passenger, while the driver\u2014the victim’s wife\u2014and their two children were hospitalized, along with a passenger from \u017bak\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n
Defense attorney Izabela \u0141awi\u0144ska announced plans to appeal, arguing that the sentence is “grossly disproportionate.” She claimed that her client had been unfairly targeted by public sentiment and maintained that he had expressed remorse for the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Warsaw Downtown District Court has sentenced \u0141ukasz \u017bak to 20 years in prison for causing a fatal accident on the \u0141azienkowska Route in September 2024, with the defense immediately announcing an appeal. The Court’s Verdict \u0141ukasz \u017bak was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for the fatal collision on Warsaw\u2019s \u0141azienkowska Route. Presiding Judge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}