Rafal Zabiecki, 48, was asleep in his Pinner home in north west London when Jakub Molga and Andrej Kolecki went into his home on February 20, 2023, and killed him in an attack.
A jury at Woolwich Crown Court heard how the two entered the property in Howards Close and Molga beat Rafal with a wooden table leg, hitting him so hard that he broke the furniture.
Molga then armed himself with a heavier piece of wood and continued to attack Rafal, finally pouring boiling water over his feet. This was all filmed by Kolecki on his phone.
After evidence including CCTV and fingerprints were found, Molga, 26, of Romford Road, Forest Gate, was arrested on February 24.
Kolecki, 61, of Chaplin Road in Cricklewood, was arrested on February 26.
The two were charged with murder on February 27 last year, but on February 2, 2024, the pair were sentenced at the Old Bailey.
Molga, who also goes by the name Leon Pedrycz, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 22 years.
Kolecki was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 19 years.
Rafal’s sister, Magdalena, said: “I am so happy that the jury have made the right decision. Although it can never bring Rafal back I feel that we have got justice for him and the rest of the family.
“I would like to thank the police investigation team for everything they have done and the support they have provided to us.”
At the start of the trial Molga pleaded guilty to manslaughter, claiming that he hadn’t intended to kill Rafal or cause him really serious harm, but the jury saw through this and found him guilty of murder along with Kolecki.
Molga had previously pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm (ABH) on another party present, Kolecki was also found guilty of ABH on the same individual.
Detective Inspector Lucy Carberry, who led the team, said: “Molga’s claims that he didn’t intend to cause him serious harm are staggering – it was clear that Molga and Kolecki went there with a plan. From the start we knew we had to prove that this was a case of murder and that they had intended to seriously harm him.
“The team spent hours building the case against Molga and Kolecki, so that they could be properly held to account for their heartless crimes that day, and give Mr Zabieki’s family a small degree of comfort knowing that they were brought to justice.”
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