By Eric King-
A man on trial for murder claims not to have rung 999 because he “did not know you could use it” to call emergency services in the UK after finding a man dead in his kitchen.
32-year-old Dawid Kutek, of Ashgrove, said he has always called 111 or 112 when he needed help during the past ten years he has lived in the UK. Kutek is standing trial at Bradford Crown Court for the murder of Tadeusz Pac, 39, on November 12 last year.
Prosecutor Peter Moulson QC told jurors the defendant was lying about his claims not to have known he should call 999. Kutek knew emergency services could be reached by calling 999, and Kutek had called the number before, to which Kutek responded by saying he had used it in Poland but used 112 in the UK.
Reading from Kutek’s police interview, Mr Moulson quoted: “’I knew when I hurt my leg the ambulance ask lots of questions like who, what, when, where.’ You have called 999 before haven’t you.”
Kutek said he “English is not good enough to answer these questions”.
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Mr Moulson said he then rang his landlord Hassan Kazi for help, in English, before Mr Kazi came to the flat and rang 999, a recording of which was played in court.
Mr Moulson also told the court how when Kutek had met Mr Pac he had got “in his face” and been “intimidating” towards him, showing CCTV footage of the men outside a shop.
Kutek said he uses hand gestures to help get his point across due to his English not being very good and denied calling Mr Pac “a grass”.
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Kutek was also asked if he changed his footwear from trainers to sliders when he got home, to which he replied: “Yes but I could not say if I put them on or not.”
Mr Moulson also contested that Mr Pac had left the flat and returned with a mystery man on a Sunday morning, saying there was no CCTV footage of Mr Pac after 8.45am. Kutek maintained he had left the flat and returned with a man he did not know.
Earlier in giving evidence during questioning from Rupert Bowers QC, defending, Kutek said he did not know how long Mr Pac, 39, was gone for.
He said: “It’s possible it was five or ten minutes, but with it being a long time ago and being drunk I found it hard to keep track of the time.
“It did not take long because I do not recall doing anything in the meantime.
“Then he returned with a young person, aged between 24 and 26, but it was difficult to judge because he had a black baseball cap pulled down over his forehead. I had not seen this person before.
“I asked who he was, and Tadeusz said he was a friend. I didn’t know Tadeusz so I didn’t know his friends either.
“Tadeusz and the man had a conversation about cleaning up someone’s garden.
“Tadeusz was supposed to do some work and get paid for it. At some point, Tadeusz showed the man his foot because he had an injury which meant he could not work.
“Then someone made a remark that it looked like it was going to rain, and I looked out of the window and could see it was getting cloudy so went to the garden to get my washing.
Reading from Kutek’s police interview, Mr Moulson quoted: “’I knew when I hurt my leg the ambulance ask lots of questions like who, what, when, where.’ You have called 999 before haven’t you.”
Kutek said he “English is not good enough to answer these questions”.
Mr Moulson said he then rang his landlord Hassan Kazi for help, in English, before Mr Kazi came to the flat and rang 999, a recording of which was played in court.
Mr Moulson also told the court how when Kutek had met Mr Pac he had got “in his face” and been “intimidating” towards him, showing CCTV footage of the men outside a shop.
Kutek said he uses hand gestures to help get his point across due to his English not being very good, and denied calling Mr Pac “a grass”.
Kutek was also asked if he changed his footwear from trainers to sliders when he got home, to which he replied: “Yes but I could not say if I put them on or not.”
Mr Moulson also contested that Mr Pac had left the flat and returned with a mystery man on Sunday morning, saying there was no CCTV footage of Mr Pac after 8.45am. Kutek maintained he had left the flat and returned with a man he did not know.
Earlier in giving evidence during questioning from Rupert Bowers QC, defending, Kutek said he did not know how long Mr Pac, 39, was gone for.
He said: “It’s possible it was five or ten minutes, but with it being a long time ago and being drunk I found it hard to keep track of the time.
“It did not take long because I do not recall doing anything in the meantime.
“Then he returned with a young person, aged between 24 and 26, but it was difficult to judge because he had a black baseball cap pulled down over his forehead. I had not seen this person before.
“I asked who he was, and Tadeusz said he was a friend. I didn’t know Tadeusz so I didn’t know his friends either.
“Tadeusz and the man had a conversation about cleaning up someone’s garden.
“Tadeusz was supposed to do some work and get paid for it. At some point, Tadeusz showed the man his foot because he had an injury which meant he could not work.
“Then someone made a remark that it looked like it was going to rain, and I looked out of the window and could see it was getting cloudy so went to the garden to get my washing.
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