Ligus responsible for two murders, jury rules
A murderer serving life for bludgeoning a pensioner to death in 1994 committed two other brutal killings in the same year, a jury has ruled. A murderer serving life for bludgeoning a pensioner to death in 1994 committed two other brutal killings in the same year, a jury has ruled. Robin Stanislaw Ligus, who will now be detained indefinitely in a secure mental hospital, watched via a prison videolink as a Birmingham Crown Court jury found him responsible for the murders of Trevor Bradley and Brian Coles. A month-long trial heard that Ligus, then living in Shrewsbury, killed Mr Bradley by knocking him out and setting his car on fire, and beat Mr Coles to death with an iron bar. Ligus, who will be sentenced on July 29, was acquitted of involvement in the death of Bernard Czyzewska, whose body was found in the River Severn in November 1994.
A Shropshire murderer serving life for bludgeoning a pensioner to death in 1994 committed two other brutal killings in the same year, a jury has ruled.
Robin Stanislaw Ligus, 59, formerly of Shrewsbury, who will now be de-tained indefinitely in a secure mental hospital, watched via videolink as a Birmingham Crown Court jury found him responsible for the murders of Trevor Bradley and Brian Coles.
A month-long trial heard that Ligus killed Mr Bradley by knocking him out and setting his car on fire in Melverley, near Oswestry, and beat Mr Coles to death with an iron bar at his home near Whitchurch
But Ligus, who will be sentenced on July 29, was acquitted of involvement in the death of Bernard Czyzewska, whose body was found in the River Severn in Shrewsbury in November 1994.
Because of Ligus's mental state, jurors were instructed to rule on whether the father-of-three did the acts alleged against him, rather than being required to return verdicts of guilty or not guilty.
Speaking after the jury returned its rulings today, the families of Mr Bradley and Mr Czyzewska spoke of "closure".
