12/20/2022
Suleman Altaf, 44, allegedly murdered Jakub Szymanski after stabbing his former partner, Katarzyna Bastek, in the stomach when she called her son for help.
As he came down to confront Altaf, Jakub was stabbed to the neck, it was said, and he sadly died from his injuries less than an hour later.
Altaf then fled the scene, in Miles Platting, Manchester, getting a taxi to Slough and driving to the South Coast.
Opening the trial at Manchester Crown Court, prosecutor Alexander Leach KC said Ms Bastek and Altaf had been in a relationship between 2012 and 2015.
She had three sons including Jakub, and they both had a son together, he said.
The relationship broke down in 2015 and Family Court proceedings began in respect of Mr Altaf having contact with their son, which concluded in May this year.
Around a month later, on 9 June, Mr Altaf was seen on CCTV walking the streets of Miles Platting for around three hours before he walked up to the house on Bednal Avenue at around 9.16pm.“CCTV caught what he was wearing and carrying.
He was wearing a baseball cap, a surgical face mask and blue latex gloves,” Mr Leach said.
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