Teenager sentenced to12 years for throwing chunk of concrete at passing car
A court in Gdansk has sentenced eighteen-year-old Grzegorz M. to a 12-year
prison term for throwing a large chunk of concrete from an overpass down
onto a moving car. Grzegorz was found guilty of hurling a piece of concrete
weighing some 5 kilograms at a passing car with the intention of doing harm
to the passengers. The chunk of concrete shattered the car's windshield,
injuring a ten-year-old girl riding in the car. An expert summoned by the
court said that if it weren't for the driver's swift reaction to the piece
of concrete thrown at the car, the outcome could have been fatal. The
teenager's sentence may still be appealed to a higher court.
(Rzeczpospolita, pp.A1,C2) M.K.
