Teen jailed for life for murdering Hull dad
A teenager has been jailed for life after the ``violent and vicious'' murder of a young father in Hull.
A teenager who was wanted by Interpol after fleeing a prison sentence in Albania has been jailed for life after the violent and vicious'' murder of a young father in Hull.
Agustin Sula, 18, stabbed Mateusz Szleper (above) seven times, piercing his heart and lungs, in revenge for aperceived slight'' by one of the victim's friends.
Sula arrived in Hull in 2014 as a fugitive after being convicted of a crime of theft by collaboration and sentenced to six months in prison in his home country.
Judge Jeremy Richardson QC told dangerous'' Sula he did not know if he would ever be released as he was jailed for 18 years.
Sentencing him at Hull Crown Court, the judge said:
Immaturity is understood by everyone but it was not your immaturity that governed your conduct that night after the initial incident, it was an innate aspect of your character - a desire for revengeful violence.
Many young men are immature but they do not act violently and with the level of determined violence you exhibited.
In my judgement, you are a man - albeit a young man - possessed of a violent character and personality. You are also impetuous and volatile.
Given what you did, and the fact you repeatedly carried a knife, you are, thus, a dangerous individual. I have no means of being able to gauge at this stage when, or if, it will be ever safe to release you.''
Agustin's brother, Ermal Sula, was also sentenced at Hull Crown Court for assisting an offender and was sentenced to four years in prison.
Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Superintendent Matthew Baldwin from Humberside Police’s Major Crime Team:
“An appropriate sentence has today been passed following the conviction of Augustin Sula for the murder of Mateus Szleper in February this year. Ermal Sula has also now been sentenced for his involvement in this case.
“Mateus was a young father who needlessly lost his life in a violent incident which erupted over a trivial matter. My thoughts remain with his family and I offer them my sincere condolences for their loss. I hope the sentences passed today will give them some sense of justice.
"Humberside Police remain committed to tackling violent crime and would reassure the public that this type of crime remains an unusual occurrence in the city of Hull."