Jerzy Popiełuszko assassination trial
| Toruń trial | |
|---|---|
| Started | 27 December 1984 |
| Decided | 7 February 1985 |
| Verdict | Grzegorz Piotrowski and Adam Pietruszka
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| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | 5 including other jurists |
| Chief judge | Artur Kujawa |
| Associate judges | Jurand Maciejewski |
Following the assassination of a 37-year-old Polish Catholic priest Jerzy Popiełuszko on 19 October 1984, the trial began on 27 December that year in the provincial court of Toruń in Poland. It investigated the following incident, conviction, and sentencing of four Polish officers, also known as the Toruń trial (Polish: procesie toruńskim). The four officers who were convicted and sentenced regarding the trial were Grzegorz Piotrowski, captain and the ringleader of Soviet-led Polish counterintelligence agency Security Service, Adam Pietruszka, Leszek Pękala, and Waldemar Chmielewski–ages 33, 47, 32, 29, respectively. The trial lasted until 7 February 1985. It was believed to be the first case to have communist government persecute four secret agents publicly.