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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Alexandra Topping

Campaigners condemn 12-year sentence for man who killed partner in Birmingham

Kinga Rosinska.
Kinga Rosinska, 38, was stabbed by Pawel Ondycz, 50, at his flat in Birmingham last year. Photograph: West Midlands police

The 12-year manslaughter sentence given to a man who had been violent to his partner and admitted killing her in a text message to a friend “shows how the criminal justice system fails to deliver justice for women”, campaigners have argued.

Pawel Ondycz, 50, stabbed his partner, Kinga Roskinska, 38, in the leg at his flat in Birmingham on 14 March last year. Despite the efforts of paramedics, she died soon after she was found.

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