Teen Lures 12-Year-Old Pal To Woods, Stabs Him More Than 70 Times, Attempts To Decapitate Body

A teenager who allegedly murdered and attempted to decapitate his 12-year-old friend in December 2020 after luring the victim to the woods of Boston has been sentenced to a minimum term of 17 years for murder on Monday, Nov. 8.

In the early hours of Dec. 12, 2020, Marcel Grzeszcz, 15, allegedly lured Roberts Buncis, 12, to a wooded area of Boston and murdered him using his knife. Grzeszcz then proceeded to stab Buncis more than 70 times and attempted to decapitate the victim.

Jurors at Lincoln Crown Court have sentenced Grzeszcz to serve a minimum term of 17 years in prison for Buncis' brutal murder, BBC reported.

During his trial, Grzeszcz insisted that he had acted in self-defense, claiming that he had "lost control" when Buncis, whom he accused of bringing a knife to the scene, tried to stab him.

However, Prosecutor Mary Loram QC told the court that there was no evidence that Buncis had been armed that night. She added that the nature of the injuries that the victim suffered suggested that Buncis' death was "more than a simple stabbing."

Justice Jeremy Baker rejected Grzeszcz's claim about the knife and said that he had not yet shown "any true remorse" and concluded that the attack was “motivated by anger.”

Baker said that there was “a significant degree of planning and premeditation” involved in the attack since Grzeszcz had turned up at the crime scene with a large knife and latex gloves.

Baker added that Grzeszcz had also made attempts to conceal the crime and disposed of evidence by burning his clothing and sending messages claiming he never met Buncis on the night he was killed, the Guardian reported.

Baker said that Grzeszcz even made "a determined effort to remove the victim's head before leaving his body for others to find." He further proceeded to warn Grzeszcz that he may never be released.

Grzeszcz was previously forced to leave St. Nicholas Primary for bringing a knife to school premises and was sent to a pupil referral unit (PRU). He was later excluded from high school for selling drugs and had just started at another PRU the day before Buncis's body was recovered.

In a statement read to the court, Edgars Buncis, the victim's father, said that he felt "empty" after his son was brutally murdered.

"This is all wrong. No father should have to bury his son," he said.