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Polish man wrongly imprisoned for 18 years dies aged 46

22.02.2024 09:00
An unjustly convicted Polish man who spent 18 years in prison before being acquitted in 2018 has died at the age of 46, news outlets have reported.
Tomasz Komenda
Tomasz KomendaPAP/Paweł Supernak

Tomasz Komenda had been given a 25-year sentence for a 1996 murder and rape of a 15-year-old girl.

The parents of the victim in 2017 asked Poland’s justice minister to reconsider the case. An investigation was reopened and prosecutors concluded that Komenda had not committed the crime.

Poland’s Supreme Court in 2018 acquitted him of the charges.

Another man has been arrested and charged with the killing.

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Source: IAR, PAP, TVP Info, TVN24