The British teen killer who lured his 12-year-old friend into woodland and murdered him in a frenzied knife attack, stabbing him more than 70 times, has been unmasked.
Marcel Grzeszcz, 15, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 17 years for killing Roberts Buncis in a "brutal and prolonged" assault which inflicted a neck wound "consistent with a decapitation attempt", the judge said during sentencing.
Killed in December just two days before his 13th birthday, Roberts was attacked with such savagery that a tip of the knife was found embedded in his skull.
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Grzeszcz, who had name suppression during the trial, lured Roberts into woodland near Boston, Lincolnshire with the promise of giving him £50 ($91) to sell some cannabis.
The court heard Grzeszcz claimed Roberts had brought a knife to the meeting, and that he had stabbed his friend after an argument broke out.
But a jury took only two hours to find Grzeszcz, just 14 at the time of the attack, guilty of murder, according to the BBC.
"When the two of you met up in the wooded area, I'm satisfied while the deceased was unarmed and unaware of what was to take place," Judge Jeremy Baker said.
"You came armed with a large knife and with latex gloves intending at that time, at the very least, to cause him serious bodily harm."
The attack was premeditated, Judge Baker said, with Grzeszcz making "a determined effort to remove his head".
During the trial, the court heard of Grzeszcz's troubled upbringing and how he had been kicked out of one school for carrying a knife onto campus.
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In a victim impact statement, Roberts' father said he had "lost" his son and purpose in life.
"No father should ever have to bury their son," he said.
"My life is in a cemetery. I feel empty and nothing will change this."
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