Campaigners condemn 12-year sentence for man who killed partner in Birmingham

Sentence for manslaughter of Kinga Roskinska shows how justice system fails women killed by men, say campaigners

A 12-year manslaughter sentence handed to a man who had been violent to his partner and admitted killing her in a text message to a friend “shows how the criminal justice system fails to deliver justice for women”, campaigners have argued.

Pawel Ondycz, 50, stabbed his partner, Kinga Roskinska, 38, in the leg at his flat in Birmingham on 14 March last year. Despite the efforts of paramedics she died soon after she was found.