Steven Ling, 38, kicked to death Mateusz Chojnowski in a 'brutal act of retribution', a jury hears.
Mateusz Chojnowski, 28, died from "catastrophic" injuries to his head, chest and abdomen
A man who kicked a thief to death after he caught him breaking into his car has been convicted of murder. Steven Ling, 38, inflicted "catastrophic" injuries on Mateusz Chojnowski, 28, and left him to die in a Doncaster pub car park on 2 July.Ling, of Park Drain, Westwoodside, Doncaster, will be sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court on 20 December.
He told his trial had returned to his car, which he had parked behind The Salutation, in the early hours of the morning to find Mr Chojnowski inside and £1,000 cash missing. CCTV footage showed Ling repeatedly punching and kicking the victim in what prosecutor Richard Thyne KCMr Chojnowski, a Polish national, was found by passers-by with multiple injuries, including a fractured skull, broken ribs, collapsed lungs and at least 80 external wounds.
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