Leeds man punched, kicked and stabbed his dad while sending footage and threatening to kill his brother 'in front of the family'

Amadeusz Klinski, 31, also threatened his brother over the phone during the attack, saying that he would kill him “in front of the family” and “burn his house down with the children inside”. Klinski was jailed for four years for wounding with intent at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to the charges at magistrates court. Two counts of making threats to kill were kept on file after the CPS agreed that Klinski had not intended for them to be believed.

The attack happened when Klinski – who has a long history of alcoholism – returned home drunk on July 10 this year to the property he was living in with his father on Roundhay Road. Prosecuting, Andrew Espley told the court that Klinski was “shouting and swearing” and his father, who was ill at the time, told his son that he wanted him to move out of the house.

Klinski then began the “prolonged and sustained attack” by punching his father to the body and head. He then pushed him to the floor and began kicking him as his father crawled to the bathroom. The attack was heard by a lodger, who heard Klinski tell his fathe