A cannabis thief allegedly murdered by an Albanian drugs gang died from blunt impact to his head and chest caused by stamps and fists, a court has heard. Tomasz Waga was found dead in Cardiff having received injuries to his head and mouth, his ribs, arms and bruising to his brain.
Mr Waga and an associate named Carl Davies broke into a cannabis factory in Newport Road in an attempt to steal plants worth £120,000, on January 28 last year . But they were interrupted by gardener Hysland Aliaj who lived and worked at the factory.
A trial at Newport Crown Court heard Aliaj notified members of an organised criminal gang who "descended" on the factory and attacked the burglars. Mr Waga was said to have been beaten with a baseball bat, a bamboo cane and half a house brick.
