A Bradford judge sentenced Zbigniew Chlebek and Beata Walczak to life for killing Jaroslav Daniszewski with an iron.

Thursday's minimum terms are the sentence after the guilty verdicts. They are not a new trial. The two minimums are a day apart, and the BBC says both stay on licence for life after that. The Daily Mail's 2026 date for the emergency call and the 2025 date from the police and the BBC are not the same year. Age 66 and age 67 for Chlebek are not the same age.

West Yorkshire Police said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, that Zbigniew Chlebek, 66, of Stead Street, and Beata Walczak, 58, of no fixed abode, were found guilty of the murder of Jaroslav Daniszewski, 43, who was found dead at a house in Stead Street, Shipley, on April 22, 2025. The Daily Mail, in a story published at 5:15 p.m. EDT and updated at 9:17 p.m. EDT that day, reported they were convicted of murdering him in a "brutal and repeated" attack in Shipley, West Yorkshire, and that the guilty verdicts came Wednesday, Oct. 28, after a trial at Bradford Crown Court. The Daily Mail gave Chlebek's age as 66 and Walczak's as 58. The BBC, reporting from Bradford Crown Court on Thursday, gave Chlebek's age as 67 and Walczak's as 58, of Barkerend Road, Bradford. Sixty-six and sixty-seven are not the same age. No fixed abode and Barkerend Road are not the same address. The police said both would be sentenced the next day.

The BBC reported Judge Geoffrey Marson sentenced each of them on Thursday to life in prison. It reported Chlebek's minimum term is 14 years and 168 days, and Walczak's is 14 years and 169 days, and that each will remain on licence for the rest of life. The BBC's summary line said they were each sentenced to nearly 15 years. Nearly 15 years is that summary. The terms the BBC then printed are 14 years and 168 days and 14 years and 169 days. The Daily Mail's Wednesday story did not report a sentence. The police statement on Wednesday said sentencing was the next day, Oct. 29.

The police said officers were called that morning by Chlebek, who said, "I don't know what's happened, all I know that there is a man lying here.. and well he's dead." The Daily Mail rendered the line as, "I don't know what's happened, all I know is that there is a man lying here.. and, well, he's dead." The Daily Mail also reported he told the handler, "I've only just woken up, gosh, I don't know how what's happened before, but he's not breathing at all and he is cold." The Daily Mail dated that call to the morning of April 22, 2026. The police and the BBC dated the discovery to April 22, 2025. 2026 and 2025 are not the same year. The Daily Mail reported prosecutor Jason Pitter told the court the call was "about a day and a half too late," and alleged Daniszewski died on the evening of April 20. The Daily Mail did not print a year next to April 20.

The police said Daniszewski was found on the living room floor with significant injuries to his head and face, and that he died from those injuries. The police said an iron used in the attack was recovered with his blood on it and with extensive damage. The Daily Mail called it a broken and blood-stained iron. The BBC reported the judge described a "brutal and merciless attack" and a "brutal assault with multiple blows," and that Daniszewski had "little or no chance of defending himself." "Brutal and repeated" is the Daily Mail's phrase. "Brutal and merciless" is the judge's phrase, as the BBC reported it. Detective Superintendent Matt Holdsworth said Daniszewski was subjected to a prolonged assault with an iron and left unconscious, and that rather than seeking help the defendants left him to die. The police, the Daily Mail, and the BBC all printed that account.

The BBC reported the judge told them, "Precisely which of you delivered which blows we will never know, but it matters not because you are both equally responsible for this killing." It reported Daniszewski suffered about 24 groups of injuries, mostly to his head and face, and two serious brain injuries, the second of which led to his death. It reported the judge said that from the ferocity of the attack and the final blow, each of them had the intention to kill, and that both were principals. It reported he said that after they must have known Daniszewski was dead they remained in the flat, and that Walczak went to bed in the room where he lay. The Daily Mail reported that the morning after the attack Walczak was seen on CCTV leaving in blood-stained clothes, and that she told staff where she was staying that Daniszewski had "died in her arms." The BBC reported both defendants maintained they had no memory of the events, and that the judge said neither had shown remorse and both chose to lie to police in interview. Thursday's minimum terms are the sentence. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.