With a cheeky grin and a wicked sense of humour, Jakub Szymanski was like any other 15-year-old finding his way in the world.
Full of mischief and energy, his smiling eyes beam out from the many pictures his loving mum holds close. They're a poignant reminder of her funny, caring boy who bravely stepped in to saved her life when she had little hope of survival.
Speaking for the first time, Katarzyna Bastek has told of her family's grief now her ex-partner has been jailed for life for murdering her son and trying to kill her.
Jakub, 15, died after he bravely protected her, sacrificing himself as she was being furiously stabbed by Suleman Altaf. Altaf fled and tried to escape justice by crossing the English Channel in a dinghy.
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