The man who attacked and killed his gaming girlfriend in a wild, violent, and frenetic rage, after listening in on her conversations, hacking her Facebook, and locking her in her home, was sentenced to life imprisonment
Klaudia Soltys’ mother, who had lost her child to cancer, described Klaudia as being ‘always happy’ and a’very social’ person.
Her boyfriend, a 30-year-old man who was “loved life” and “always smiling”, repeatedly attacked the victim in her neck.
He became jealous of her internet chats, with one particular man, and during online gaming sessions.
Amadeusz Skula, 21 years old, of Lambert Street Hull, repeatedly attacked Miss Soltys’ neck, leaving her in a pool blood.
Sekula listened in on his girlfriend online and recorded her conversation. After locking her in her flat, Sekula lost his tempter and then stabbed her, Hull Crown Court was told.
He admitted murder to his lesser charges of manslaughter and then pleaded guilty.
Jason Pitter QC, prosecuting, said that Sekula ‘brutally murdered’ Miss Soltys in a ‘final controlling act in the embers of a dying relationship’ with her.
‘There was never any dispute as to whether he was responsible for the killing,’ said Mr Pitter.
Sekula and Miss Soltys both were born in Poland.
Klaudia Soltys (30 (pictured), loved life and was always smiling. On March 27, her angry boyfriend Amadeusz Sekula repeatedly punched her in the neck.
After a relationship with her previous boyfriend, Miss Soltys left for Britain in 2014.
After meeting Sekula online, she formed an intimate relationship in summer 2020.
Both lived in an apartment on Lambert Street with their partner and worked long hours in Bridlington.
Mr Pitter said: ‘Over a relatively short period, the relationship became strained,’
Sekula, who was controlling and jealous of Miss Soltys at work, became frustrated and became frustrated by his colleagues when he talked to them.
Sekula began locking his girlfriend in her flat after she told him that his girlfriend was unhappy with their relationship.
The relationship ended badly for them and she shared it with a friend. He had been listening in on the conversations that she was having with other people.
Mr Pitter said: ‘When she was gaming, he would come into the room and check on her.’
The controlling boyfriend of her had been watching out for another male player and began to look at her phone, tablet, and computer.
Sekula locked her in the flat once for three hours on one occasion, claiming he was afraid she might get hurt.
The mutual friend had warned him about his behavior.
Sekula (pictured), who was controlling and jealous of Miss Soltys, became frustrated with colleagues when he talked to them.
Miss Soltys had been crying at work, and the court heard that his behavior was manipulative.
Sekula quit his job March 23rd in a “fit of pique” and hacked his girlfriend’s account on Facebook on March 25, in an attempt to view her conversations with other people.
He felt unhappy at the end of their marriage and agreed that he would go back to Poland.
After contacting the friend, he became’melancholic.’ Later Miss Soltys reached out to them feeling ‘jittery’ as well as ‘crying.
Mr Pitter said: ‘She appeared distressed to people at work who had cause to speak to her.
“She said to him that the defendant threatened to kill herself if she didn’t leave.
She was in such a state, she had to take a trip to the bathroom to relax.
‘Miss Soltys told her mother in a telephone communication that her relationship with the defendant was over.
“She confided to her mother that she did not feel secure.”
Her boyfriend spent his time drinking and smoking marijuana.
A mutual friend attempted to reach Miss Soltys for her to verify that she was okay, but received no response.
Shortly before 6am on March 27, Sekula knocked on the door of a woman in Bransholme and asked that she call the police for him.
“He said to her that he’d killed his girlfriend,” stated Mr Pitter.
The woman called 999 and she passed the phone to Sekula who said that he had just killed his girlfriend with a knife and that ‘she was dying right now’.
Sekula quit his job March 23rd in a “fit of pique” and had, on March 25, hacked into the Facebook account of his girlfriend in an attempt to view her interactions with other people. Pictured: Miss Soltys
It had occurred three hours before he claimed.
According to Mr Pitter, Sekula was walking around since the crime and he didn’t want to die. He knocked on the door of someone and told 999 that Sekula had been walking around since then.
According to him, he said that he had never seen anything like it in his life.
The mother of Miss Soltys said in a statement: ‘I received devastating news of Klaudia.
I found out my daughter Klaudia had been murdered. Her death was a grave blow to me, my husband and Klaudia’s brother.
“My entire family was destroyed.” Her daughter’s grandparents had been devastated at the loss of their ‘beloved granddaughter’.
Miss Soltys came to England looking for a better future.
“Klaudia was cheerful and always smiling,” said her mother.
“She was passionate about life. She would have loved to tell me she was trapped by Sekula.
‘When I look at Klaudia’s belongings, I want to cry and sometimes think that life has lost its meaning. He is still our son.
‘I visited Klaudia’s grave with my husband and he found it very difficult. I don’t think he will be able to visit Klaudia’s grave for a while.
“There’s a lot more sadness now that Klaudia has died.
‘Whatever happened that night, no one has the right to take another person’s life. There are always ways out of any situation.
Sekula, (pictured), had been wandering around after the crime and was not interested in living. He knocked on the door of someone and told 999 that his girlfriend did not want him to return any money.
Judge John Thackray QC told Sekula: ‘You repeatedly stabbed Klaudia to the neck in her own home, a place where she was entitled to feel safe and secure.
“Your assault on her was undoubtedly brutal, violent, and frenetic. There were a minimum of six deep wounds to the neck, one of which transected her voice box.
“It was undoubtedly a controlling last act of you motivated by jealousy. You no doubt appreciated that the relationship was over and that Klaudia wanted to move on with her life.
‘You committed the offence against a background of jealous, controlling and oppressive behaviour by you. I have no doubt that your behaviour had a profound effect upon Klaudia in the weeks leading to her death.
‘In the hours leading up to her death, she was understandably scared of what you may do. ‘t was sufficiently serious that a mutual friend felt it necessary to warn you to alter your behaviour. You didn’t heed that warning.
‘When it became obvious to you that your partner was going to end the relationship, you manipulated her into feeling sorry for you.
‘I have no doubt that you made the final few weeks of Klaudia’s life very unpleasant indeed and, when you realised the relationship was finally over, you were not prepared to allow her to move on and you decided to kill her with a knife.’
‘I understand that she and her family will never recover from their loss,’ said Judge Thackray.
Her family paid tribute to Miss Soltys in a statement. They said there had been much sadness since her death, but she was happy and always smiling. Pictured: Miss Soltys
Peter Moulson QC, mitigating, said that the ‘physical suffering’ by the victim before death was ‘limited’ because the knife wounds to the neck would have been ‘immediately life-threatening’ for her.
‘We hope that the suffering of Miss Soltys was at an absolute minimum,’ said Mr Moulson.
It was not disputed that he was responsible.
‘The defendant did alert the authorities while there was no evidence whatsoever of this crime.’
Sekula admitted to ‘fulsome confessions’, and was interviewed by police.
‘He wishes to express his sincere apologies to the friends and family of Miss Soltys following his commission of this crime,’ said Mr Moulson.
Sekula had no previous convictions.
He had suffered a disturbing childhood and often intervened when his father attacked his mother. This had led to emotional difficulties, the court was told.
He will spend a minimum of 16 years and 277 days behind bars before he can even be considered for release.