A stepdad killed her 2-year-old
stepdaughter by throwing her into a door in
frustration because he lost a computer
game he was playing. Szymon Brzozowski,
24, threw the toddler at the door’s metal
frame and she eventually died from “cranio-
cerebral injuries”.
The toddler, whose name was given as Lilka,
did not lose consciousness after the attack
but she couldn’t eat or drink anything
subsequently.
Her mother, Angelika, 24, took her to the
hospital two days later but did not tell
medics what really happened to her
daughter. Three days later, during an
operation, the child died. Prosecutors said
the girl had been suffering from “cranio-
cerebral injuries” – injuries to the skull and
brain.
The incident occurred at the family’s home
in the village of Pila in Wielkopolska
Province in Poland. This will not be the first
time Lilka is receiving treatment for injuries
suspected to be related to domestic
violence, but when it happened previously,
Angelika had told social workers that the
child was clumsy and constantly walked into
things.
Following interrogation, Brzozowski revealed
that his method of punishing a child was to
make them stand in a corner or lock them in
the bathroom. Angelika later opened up to
police that Brzozowski had “thrown the girl
at the door frame in frustration at losing at
a computer game”.
He has been charged with child abuse that
led to the death of a child, as well as
mentally abusing his wife and her other two
children while Angelika was charged with
failing to provide medical help. Brzozowski
faces a sentence of up to 12 years if found
guilty
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