Zuzanna’s Murderer Gets 35 Years

Michael Clark, the murderer of 14-year-old Leeds schoolgirl Zuzanna Zommers, was sentenced to 35 years in jail today after being found guilty of a “particularly brutal and frenzied” attack, which killed the Polish teenager in October last year.

Mr Clark, 40, received the sentence during a hearing at Sheffield Crown Court. Clark had initially told police that he was collecting benefits in a Post Office at the time of Zuzanna’s murder, but officers managed to disprove this alibi.

Zuzanna and her family had only been in Leeds for two months when she was killed in a violent attack at her own home. Her parents had been out looking for work in Leeds when the attack happened and they returned to find their daughter dead at their home with her throat cut and a fractured skill. It also transpired that their teenage daughter had been sexually assaulted.

The court heard that Clark, who was convicted of rape in 1991, befriended the Zommer family when they moved to his street. However, it wasn’t long before Mr Clark’s behaviour started to worry Zuzanna’s father.

During sentencing, the judge, Mr Justice King, told Clark that his actions were “wicked.” He said: “No words of mine could express the grief, distress and profound sense of loss caused by your actions to the Zommer family. These were truly wicked acts. You have shown no remorse. Your victim was particularly vulnerable. She was 14. Your attack was particularly brutal and frenzied.”

Bill Shackleton made a statement after the hearing on behalf of West Yorkshire Police. He said, “The Zommer family had only been in England for a few weeks when Zuzanna was brutally murdered by Michael Clark. Clark has a history of violent sexual offences as was heard during the trial. He is without doubt an extremely dangerous sexual predator. The sentence he received today will ensure that he will no longer present a danger to the public.”

Zuzanna’s family moved back to Poland soon after her murder and were thought to be too upset to attend the trial.

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Karri Madelline is a local freelance journalist who used to work for a model agency in Leeds as a model escort in Leeds.

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