Trio found guilty of murdering 30-year-old man in Wakefield basement flat

Aleksander Pawlak, 30, was pronounced dead at the property on Pinderfields Road, in September 2019.

Adam Litwinowicz, 24, no fixed abode, and Michal Szymanski, 24, and Maciaj Solarz, 28, both of Southampton, were also convicted of conspiracy to rob following a trial at Bradford Crown Court.

The three men will be sentenced within 28 days, Judge Tom Bayliss said.

Szymanski's girlfriend Karolina Kukawska, 21, of St Denys Road, Southampton, and his brother Marceli, 20, of Mallards Road, Bursledon, Hampshire, were both cleared of charges of murder, manslaughter and conspiracy to rob.

Mr Pawlak suffered facial fractures and other injuries following a late-night sustained attack at his basement flat on Pinderfields Road.

Neighbours heard screaming and shouting from the premises and the emergency services were called, the trial was told.