‘All his dreams remain unrealised’

PAWEL KALITE was ill as a child but his parents told the court in their victim impact statement that a “contagious” and “positive energy” emanated from him.

“He was determined to do his best, and to see the best in the world,” they wrote.

Although enjoying his time in Ireland, their son’s move to Dublin was supposed to be temporary, his parents said. He was planning to move home and marry his girlfriend, Marcella. Hours before he was murdered, he was on the phone making arrangements for the apartment they would share.

“All his dreams will remain unrealised; they will never have a chance to happen,” they said.

“A stranger has decided about his future without considering him and his dear friend Mariusz, who also found himself in the same situation running to defend his best friend.”

They described their last moments in the hospital with their son, praying he would wake up.

“We didn’t get that chance. With helplessness on our faces, we looked at him dying,” they recalled. “This tragedy has left us with deepest scars, impossible to heal.”

They concluded that a stranger had blown out the candle of life, killed a good man and destroyed the lives of his parents, sister and family.