Compensation for family of Bullied soldier who hanged himself

The Defence Ministry will have to pay compensation of zł. 70,000 to the family of a 20-year old soldier who committed suicide due to oppression in his military unit. "We meant justice, not the money" said the victim's father, Kazimierz Stawowy, who demanded zł. 90,000. He remembered that Waldek was happy when he was drafted. Yet after a fortnight in the unit in Świnoujście, abused by the elder soldiers, he tried to kill himself. Psychiatrists found him unfit to serve the army and sent him back home. However, the diagnosis was changed and Stawowy was returned to the same unit again. He hanged himself a few days before he had to return to barracks. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) M.K.