Bank robbery-murder trial opens with admission of guilt

On the first day of hearings in the case of the murder of three cashiers and a security worker at a Warsaw branch of Kredyt Bank (KB), the court heard one of the three suspects, Grzegorz Sz., repeat his statement that he was guilty of the killings. Defendant Krzysztof M. had worked in KB as a s ecurity guard and masterminded the robbery, which took place on March 3, 2001. The employees were killed because they were Krzysztof M.'s co-workers and would have been able to identify him. Some zl. 104,000 was stolen in the heist, and, according to Gazeta Wyborcza, was spent on vodka, night clubs and gold chains. "I was afraid I would faint while shooting," said Grzegorz Sz. "This was the first time I was going to shoot someone, so I was ne rvous." (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 6; Zycie, p. 1) P.J.