Three men guilty of roles in murder and disposal of body in Huddersfield more than decade ago

Verdicts were handed down by the jury to three men found guilty of their parts in the murder and then disposal of the body of Dariusz Michalowski in the Huddersfield and Calderdale areas in 2011.

Adam Tolwinski, 39, of Devonshire Street, Keighley and Ernest Weber, 46, were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday (October 24) of Dariusz’s murder, preventing a legal burial and for perverting the course of justice in covering up the crime.Piotr Weber, 43, of Bridgend Close in Middlesborough was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and preventing a legal burial.The men were brought to justice following years of police investigation into the disappearance of Dariusz including multiple appeals in West Yorkshire and in his native Poland.The case remained subject to frequent review by the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, with further analysis in January 2020 leading to the new questioning of all three men involved, and other parties connected to them.One of those other parties later came forward with vital new information which led to the arrest of all three men and the discovery of Dariusz's body in land in Mixenden in December 2020.Detective Superintendent Tony Nicholson of West Yorkshire Police, who led the investigation, said: “I welcome the jury’s verdicts today and we now await the sentencing of these men on Thursday.“I hope seeing these men found guilty of the crimes they inflicted Dariusz can at least begin the process of bringing some closure to his family after so many years of uncertainty about what became of him.“This conviction demonstrates that no longer how long ago a serious unsolved crime was committed, those responsible should never stop looking over their shoulders as we will never stop looking for them.”The men will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on the morning of Thursday October 26.