A dad who murdered his two-year-old son to get revenge against his ex-partner has abandoned an appeal against his conviction. Lukasz Czapla killed his son Juliusz at his home in Muirhouse, Edinburgh, after finding out the boy’s mother Patrycja Szczesniak was in a new relationship.
In May he was found guilty of murder following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. The court had heard that Czapla, 41, originally from Gdansk in Poland, shot Juliusz in the head with a BB gun, stabbed him with a skewer-like instrument and smothered him with a pillow.
He was ordered to serve at least 23 years in prison but within weeks launched a bid for freedom after instructing his legal team to challenge both his conviction and sentence. Czapla’s appeal bid was lodged at the High Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.
