S08E07 | Damian Rzeszowski | The Murders of Marek Gartska, Izabela, Kinga & Kacper Rzeszowski and Marta & Julia de la Haye
British Murders with Stuart Blues
Stuart Blues
4.7 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
I tell the story of Damian Rzeszowski and his family in this episode.
On August 14, 2011, Damian and his wife Izabela returned from a couple's trip to their native Poland. Later that day, the family planned on hosting a barbecue.
After being berated by Izabela for leaving the kids alone in the house whilst she went to collect her friend, Damian snapped.
He grabbed two kitchen knives and, within the space of 15 minutes, murdered Izabela, Marek Gartska, his father-in-law, Kinga and Kacper, his two children, and Marta and Julia de la Haye, Izabela's friend and her daughter.
Damian then turned the knife on himself but survived his self-inflicted injuries.
Judge Michael Birt handed Damian six concurrent 30-year sentences on October 29, 2012, after he was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.
Damian Rzeszowski took his own life at HMP Full Sutton on March 31, 2018.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to British Murders. |
| 0:03.5 | Let's my podcast. |
| 0:18.7 | Hello everyone and welcome to British Murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British |
| 0:24.2 | murder cases and serial killers. I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is the seventh episode of |
| 0:29.3 | season eight. Before we get into it, let's break the ice as we always do. The show's first opening |
| 0:35.1 | icebreaker segment is this. True facts that sound like both. |
| 0:40.5 | From the time it was discovered to the time it was stripped of its status as a planet, |
| 0:45.6 | Pluto hadn't made a full trip around the sun. |
| 0:49.6 | Now it's time for the show's final opening icebreaker segment. |
| 0:53.1 | Random quote of the day. |
| 0:55.7 | If there's one thing that we're very good at as humans, it's remembering the bad stuff. |
| 1:00.8 | For some reason, it's always the pain that gets you. |
| 1:04.2 | That was said by Henry Cavill, who famously played Superman. |
| 1:08.3 | He was born in the place that we are visiting this week. |
| 1:12.5 | This week's case was suggested by Naomi on Instagram. We're in the island country of Jersey this week, |
| 1:19.0 | a self-governing British crown dependency known officially as the Baileywick of Jersey. |
| 1:24.5 | Here are five quick-fire facts about Jersey. Number one, a very popular type of potato |
| 1:30.0 | is grown on the island. They're called Jersey Royals and account for around 70% of the island's |
| 1:35.8 | agricultural turnover. Number two, Jersey has its own banknotes and still uses a one pound note. |
| 1:43.2 | The Jersey pound is not a separate currency to pound sterling. |
| 1:46.3 | They just have their own notes, as does Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
| 1:50.0 | Number three, although English is the main language spoken, jare is the traditional language of |
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