A Polish burglar battered and stabbed an elderly couple to death

A Polish burglar battered and stabbed an elderly couple to death at their home – a week after arriving in the UK to stay with his sister in the house next door.
In a tragic irony, his victims were also immigrants to this country who, by contrast, had worked hard and built a model family life in Wolverhampton following their arrival from Italy more than 50 years ago.
Killer Ireneusz Bartnowski, 22, watched grandparents Guiseppe and Caterina Massaro’s movements for several days before breaking in to their home while they were out shopping.

When they returned, he lay in wait in their bedroom for ten hours until Mr Massaro, 80, and his 77-year-old wife retired to bed, then attacked them with a knife and a foot-long hammer.
Yesterday Bartnowski, who tried to blame a fellow Pole for the killings, was jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 34 years after being convicted of the double murder.