The trial is underway in the Baltic city of Gdansk of a 38-year-old former policeman who killed his friend with three shots to the head during a drunken incident in October 2009.

Adam N. [name witheld according to Polish privacy laws] has stated that he does not remember why he shot the man, saying in the courts that “it was an accident.”

The 38-year-old became a policeman in 1993 and served with European police forces during two missions in Kosovo.

In court, Adam N. apologised to members of the victim’s family, saying tearfully that “I completely regret what happened.”

The prosecution has discerned that the ex-policeman is reported to have bought some beer from a local petrol station in Gdansk on the night of 8-9 October 2009, after which he met his victim, 41-year-old Krzysztof K.

After finishing the beer, the two men went to the apartment of Krzysztof K. where they started to drink vodka: “after that I don’t remember anything,” Adam N. maintained, adding that he woke up at home the next day with three rounds of ammunition missing and with blood stains on his trousers.

If found guilty as charged, the man may face a life sentence. (jb)

Source: PAP

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