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A supermarket worker was found guilty of murdering his wife and teenage daughter after he slit their throats in jealousy because he was losing his “controlling” control over the family.
Marcin Zdun killed Aneta, 40, and Nikoleta, 18, at the family home in Salisbury, Wiltshire, mistakenly suspecting that they were both having an affair with a colleague from the supermarket.
On Thursday, the judge, Judge Chamberlain, adjourned the case for sentencing in Winchester crown court the following day.
When Zdun was arrested at the scene of the killings in June, police found a folding knife in his trouser pocket with blood stains on the blade and handle.
Jurors heard that the 40-year-old believed that both his wife and daughter, a student, were having an affair with a man at the Tesco supermarket where he worked.
He had become increasingly angry and violent with his wife, a care worker, because she was not cleaning the house or preparing food for the family as he demanded.
Zdun would confiscate his car keys and even disconnect the vehicle’s battery so he couldn’t drive it, not even to visit his clients. He also got into a fight with his daughter after she disobeyed him by getting piercings and tattoos, and instead turned to his mother for permission.
The prosecution said his family had terrified him in the days leading up to the fatal attack and his wife had sent a message to his mother saying: “I don’t want him to kill us, he is a psychopath.”
When presenting evidence in court, Zdun denied having “intimidated” his wife, but admitted that she had asked him to leave the family home after he attacked her in the kitchen. Zdun moved away but armed himself with the knife and returned to kill his wife and daughter.
Horrified neighbors told the court how Zdun repeatedly thrust the sword into the defenseless couple in their garden, with Aneta desperately trying to save Nikoleta by putting her own body in the way of the blows.
David Powell said: “There was no humanity in his face at all, just anger, pure anger. I don’t know how you can do that to another human being. His sole purpose was to kill them. “
Nicholas Haggan QC, prosecutor, suggested to the jury that Zdun felt that he had lost “his controlling influence over Aneta and Nikoleta” and this “so infuriated him” that he decided to kill them.
Aneta’s employer, Wessex Care, paid tribute to her as a “dear colleague and friend.” The company said he was a “well-known and well-known” staff member who worked on the community team.
