Judge notes 'air of mystery' about death as man gets life for murdering homeless friend

Michael Kurek, a homeless man with addiction difficulties, was found lying face down in the gateway of a country lane in Ballyboughal with 62 stab wounds to his body. Photo: Garda Press

There remains an "air of mystery" about the violent death of a homeless man who was stabbed 62 times before his body was dumped in the gateway of a country lane, a High Court judge remarked this morning.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Sebastian Barczuk (aged 32) to life imprisonment today after he was last month found guilty of murdering his former flatmate Michal Kurek. The judge commented that being stabbed over 60 times and left in a ditch was no way for anyone's life to end.