Mikolaj Wilk murder: ‘My friend’s heart will be broken forever’

A close friend of the Polish father of two who was brutally hacked to death in his home says his wife’s physical injuries will heal but her heart will be broken forever.

Aga Deryng, a friend of Mikolaj and Elzbieta Wilk, was speaking at Cork University Hospital (CUH) yesterday as she supported Elzbieta, who is recovering from surgery to severe hand injuries sustained during the savage and sustained attack in which her husband was killed in their home on the western outskirts of Cork City early on Sunday.

Garda investigations into the murder in the isolated bungalow in rural Maglin, near Ballincollig, are continuing but they remained tightlipped on a possible motive for the attack.