Two jailed for baseball bat robbery

 

Marcin Kowalski, 34, of Gungrog Road, Welshpool, was cleared of robbery at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Tuesday, but Rafal Zaborowski, of Oswestry, and Pawel Kulacz, of Newtown, were found guilty of robbing fellow Polish national Kamil Kowalweski.

 

The men all denied robbing Mr Kowalweski of cash, a mobile phone and a laptop computer at his home in Crestwood Court, Oswestry, on February 9 when a gang burst into his home and attacked him.

 

Mr Kowalweski was beaten when he discovered up to five men in his house. He had a plate smashed over his head and was jabbed in the face repeatedly with a baseball bat, causing injuries that required stitches.

 

Mr Kowalski said he had no idea why he was at Mr Kowalweski’s address or how he got there as he had been drinking heavily, and the court upheld his not guilty plea.
 

The two guilty men face possible deportation after their release.