Man, 24, convicted of murder following stabbing

A man has been convicted of murder after a man was stabbed last year.

Jegir Asaad, 24, fatally attacked Tomasz Stankiewicz on Filton Avenue in Horfield, Bristol, during the early hours of 21 August, following an altercation.

Mr Stankiewicz, 39, was stabbed when he went to collect one of two women who had been with Asaad and fellow defendant Ferahg Fukeri, who was acquitted of murder.

Asaad was remanded to be sentenced at a later date.

Asaad called police at about 02:30 BST to report that a man was making threats in the street.

However, when officers arrived, they saw nothing untoward and left the scene.

Police said Mr Stankiewicz continued to offer to take the second woman home.

When Mr Stankiewicz returned to the street at about 03:40 BST, he took a wheel wrench from the boot of his car and approached the property, the force added.

An altercation broke out and Mr Stankiewicz sustained fatal injuries.

A few minutes later, a taxi driver travelling along the street saw Mr Stankiewicz lying in the road.

He collected him and drove a short distance before stopping to call an ambulance, which took the victim to Southmead Hospital where he died a short time later.

Asaad was captured on the taxi's dashcam holding a knife.

Police said two knives were later found at the scene and DNA evidence linked them to Asaad.

During the two-week trial, the jury was told Asaad accepted he had used the knife and injured the victim, but he claimed he was acting in self defence.

The prosecution argued the ferocity of the attack and Asaad's decision to grab a knife went far beyond self defence and amounted to murder.

Ferahg Fukeri, who was also accused of murder, denied any involvement in inflicting injury to Mr Stankiewicz.

Mr Fukeri was acquitted of murder.

Senior Investigating Officer Det Insp Neil Meade, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "Asaad viciously attacked Tomasz Stankiewicz and it is inconceivable he did not recognise that his actions could have had fatal consequences.

"He is responsible for taking a man's life.

"Our thoughts are with his family who have been left devastated by the tragic events that unfolded last summer."

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