Marcin Porczynski is a Polish car mechanic who murdered a woman who was a stranger to him.
Marcin entered the home of Nicola Cross, who was living with her husband in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on September 14, 2015.
He was suffering from a mental illness that led him to kidnap Nicolas’s two children, during which he stabbed her to death as she protected her children from the Marcin.
Nicola was pronounced dead at the site of her murder and it might be due to the excessive bleeding due to the stabbing.
Who Is Marcin Porczynski’s Wife?
Marcin Porczynski is a mechanic worker accused of murdering a married woman, Nick Cross.
He was 24 years old when he committed the crime in 2015. He is from Poland, doesn’t seem married, and has no wife.
His personal life has not been opened up by the investigators. He is believed to have entered the home of Nicola cross who he has no connection the day he stabbed her ten times.
Marcin was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the attack. Due to his mental illness, he had heard voices for about two years before committing the crime.
When he entered Nicolo’s home, she had been on a call with her husband, who had gone to Hull due to his work.
Marcin Porczynski’s Ethnicity And Religion
Marcin is from Poland and came to the UK to work in early 2015. He has not been elaborative about his religion.
He was mentally disturbed and denied killing Nicola but later accepted manslaughtering her.
Porczynski told the doctors that he killed Nicola because he believed his family in Poland would be killed if he didn’t kill her.
He was ordered by Judge Andrew Bright QC to be detained at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire under a hospital order.
Marcin had begun acting abnormal weeks before he killed Nicola. Similarly, he also had charges like kidnap, burglary, and aggravated burglary under his name.
Marcin Porczynski’s Family Background
Marcin Porczynski has not shared much about his family, but they are in Poland, and he migrated to the UK for work.
Marcin’s heinous act had affected the cross family greatly and made two children deprived of their mother and made her husband sad about not being able to do anything when she was being attacked by Marcin.
Nicola’s husband Daniel was on the telephone line when Marcin sneaked into their home and killed her. He still remembered her screams and felt helpless to be unable to do anything at the moment.
He expressed that he felt guilty for not being there at the moment, and felt hard to forgive himself for not being able to save his wife.
Daniel loved his wife a lot and shared that he loved the notes Nicole used to give to her, and she had given him a small note in his wallet that he had seen after the murder in which she wrote I love you so much in it.
Detective Chief Inspector Jerome Kent also shared that it was a tragic incident and one of the saddest cases he has ever dealt with.