— On Friday, the prosecutor's office received information that Bartosz G. would be extradited to the Polish side. This decision is already final and the Polish side is currently at the stage of organizing transport, said Bartosz Maliszewski, spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Płock on Friday.
At the beginning of May, Bartosz G. was detained in a hotel in Katerini, where he was staying as part of a school trip related to a student exchange. At the end of May, a court in Greece decided to execute a European arrest warrant (EAW) against a 17-year-old.
Bartosz G. appealed against the extradition decision. He explained this by the fact that in Poland he receives threats from those around him. However, the Greek court rejected the appeal and decided to transfer it to the Polish services.
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When will Bartosz G. be extradited to Poland?
Why did Bartosz G. appeal against the extradition decision?
When was Maja's body found?
What charges were brought against Bartosz G.?
According to the investigation findings so far, the suspected 17-year-old and his victim, 16-year-old Maja, met on April 23 and on that evening the murder took place in Mława. The official report of the teenager's disappearance was received on April 24, and on April 29, one of her parents notified that she had probably been deprived of her liberty.
While searching for the missing woman, the police reported that she was last seen on April 23, when she left her house to visit a friend who lived nearby. Her body was found on May 1 in the bushes near a production plant belonging to the suspect's family. The autopsy initially showed that the cause of death was extensive head injuries.
On May 2, the District Prosecutor's Office in Płock announced that during the investigation into the death of 16-year-old Maja, a decision was made to charge a friend of the girl who was a year older than Bartosz G with murder with particular cruelty. For such an act, the 17-year-old faces from 15 to 30 years in prison, because, according to the regulations, a life sentence cannot be imposed on a minor.
Referring to documents related to the EAW, some Greek media reported in early May that the suspect allegedly dragged a 16-year-old girl to a carpentry workshop, where he repeatedly hit the victim with an ax or hammer, and then poured a chemical substance on her body, causing burns. The prosecutor's office did not comment on these reports, citing the interests of the ongoing investigation.
