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Burglars admit attacking lecturer Paul Kohler Burglars admit attacking lecturer Paul Kohler in London home
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Four men have admitted a burglary during which a university lecturer was savagely beaten at his London home.Four men have admitted a burglary during which a university lecturer was savagely beaten at his London home.
Paul Kohler, 55, needed facial reconstruction surgery after the attack. Paul Kohler, 55, needed facial reconstruction surgery after the attack in Kings Road, Wimbledon on 11 August.
Pawel Honc, 23, of no fixed abode, and Mariusz Tomaszewski, 32, of Crusoe Road, Mitcham, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent and aggravated burglary. At Kingston Crown Court Pawel Honc, 23, and Mariusz Tomaszewski, 32, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and aggravated burglary.
They pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court. Oscar Pawlowicz and Dawid Tychon, both 29, admitted aggravated burglary but denied causing GBH with intent.
Two other men, Oscar Pawlowicz, 29, of Pitcairn Road in Mitcham, and Dawid Tychon, 29, of no fixed abode, admitted aggravated burglary but denied causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Duct tape
'Traumatised' All four will be sentenced in January.
Mr Kohler suffered a fractured eye socket in the attack at his Kings Road home in Wimbledon, in south-west London. Mr Kohler opened the door to the home he shares with his wife and four daughters at about 22:00 BST to someone he believed was one of his daughter's friends.
His wife Samantha MacArthur was threatened by two of the intruders who tried to tie her to a chair with duct tape. At this point the four men who burst in, shouting "Where's the money?"
The lecturer's wife Samantha MacArthur was threatened by two of the intruders who tried to tie her to a chair with duct tape.
Mr Kohler was knocked to the floor and one of the gang knelt above him holding a heavy wooden cabinet door, demanding to know where his money was.
He was only saved when police intervened after his daughter, Eloise, who had locked herself in an upstairs bedroom with her boyfriend, called 999.
'Ecstatic' at admissions
Barristers for the four defendants told Judge Susan Tapping that each wanted to express his "sincere regret and apologies" for what happened.Barristers for the four defendants told Judge Susan Tapping that each wanted to express his "sincere regret and apologies" for what happened.
Mr Kohler said he was "ecstatic and very pleased" at the men's admissions during the court hearing, during which they were hidden from his view by the dock's frosted glass.Mr Kohler said he was "ecstatic and very pleased" at the men's admissions during the court hearing, during which they were hidden from his view by the dock's frosted glass.
"I would like to meet them face to face, I would like to know why they did it, it is still a big mystery as to why they did it," he said."I would like to meet them face to face, I would like to know why they did it, it is still a big mystery as to why they did it," he said.
Mr Kohler said he had been "great, fine and wonderful" since the attack but was still suffering physically.Mr Kohler said he had been "great, fine and wonderful" since the attack but was still suffering physically.
"I have continuing trouble with my vision on the left and my wife and children are still quite traumatised by this," he said."I have continuing trouble with my vision on the left and my wife and children are still quite traumatised by this," he said.
Sentencing was adjourned to a date to be confirmed. Judge Tapping told the four defendants that "only very substantial custodial sentences will be appropriate".
Honc, of no fixed abode, Tomaszewski, of Crusoe Road, Mitcham, Pawlowicz, of Pitcairn Road, also in Mitcham, and Tychon, of no fixed abode, were remanded in custody until sentencing on 29 January.