Investigation into threats in connection with murder of Mai from Mława closed – family visits justice minister
The District Prosecutor's Office in Mława has closed an investigation into death threats directed at the father of murdered 16-year-old Mai K. The Minister of Justice and the National Prosecutor's Office have announced their assistance.
Death threats, closure and visit to the Ministry of Justice
The District Prosecutor's Office in Mława has closed an investigation into criminal threats, including threats of murder, which the mother of Bartosz G. – an 18-year-old accused of killing his friend – allegedly directed at the father of murdered 16-year-old Mai K. and his legal representatives. According to Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, the affected family, fearing for their own lives, appealed directly to the Ministry of Justice for help.
Lawyer Wojciech Kasprzyk, representing the father of the murdered teenager, said on Monday at a press conference outside the ministry building that the prosecutor's decision was "completely incomprehensible" to his client and to himself. He cited a Polsat television report in which a Pakistani citizen named Omar allegedly confirmed that he had received a contract killing order from the mother of Bartosz G. Omar had previously stayed with Bartosz G. in a special facility for juveniles in Greece and later came to Poland.
"We are devastated by this situation," acknowledged lawyer Kasprzyk.
The legal representative assessed that the Mława prosecutor had conducted the investigation "carelessly and unreliably". He noted that the closure decision also covered the issue of stalking – persistent harassment on the internet of Mai K.'s father and his family, allegedly carried out by the mother of Bartosz G. No appeal was filed against this decision, making it legally binding.
Kasprzyk announced that he would submit a written request to the Ministry of Justice asking for the closed proceedings to be reopened and placed under the supervision of Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek.
"We want clarification so that the National Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor General himself know how this case was handled, and so they can draw conclusions regarding the prosecutor," said the lawyer.
Mai K.'s father stated at the press conference that he fears for the life of himself, his wife and his seven-year-old son.
"There are real threats from this woman that something might happen to me or my family," said the man, referring to the mother of Bartosz G.
Prosecutor's Office: no evidence of criminal conduct
Prosecutor Bartosz Maliszewski, spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Płock – which oversees the Mława prosecutor's office – explained to the PAP news agency that the investigation was closed due to lack of evidence of criminal threatening.
"For one to speak of a criminal threat, that threat must be directed directly at the injured party or indirectly, but with the intention that the threat reaches the person it is addressed to. In this case, it was not established that this was so," Maliszewski noted.
The spokesman explained that the statement about a threat of murder, expressed in the conditional mode, was made in one part of a long and emotional conversation that the mother of Bartosz G. was having with an unidentified woman. This conversation formed the basis for initiating the investigation. During proceedings, more than ten witnesses were questioned.
"The issue of a foreigner that appeared in the criminal threats case is a circumstance entirely unknown before the closure of this investigation. We learned about it from the media," emphasised prosecutor Maliszewski.
He added that the files of the closed proceedings – against which an appeal is permissible – are currently in the Płock District Prosecutor's Office in connection with supervisory oversight.
Ministry and National Prosecutor's Office declare assistance
The Minister of Justice assured in a Monday post on the X platform that the ministry treats the case "very seriously" and that the ministry together with the National Prosecutor's Office "will certainly do their best to help where the regulations permit".
Deputy Minister of Justice Dariusz Mazur informed that on Monday, on behalf of the Minister and the Prosecutor General, he met with Mai K.'s father and his legal representatives. According to Mazur, they presented "information about the problems they are facing".
"We will use all available means to help them," the Deputy Minister declared.
Mazur also informed that it was possible to arrange a meeting between Mai K.'s father and his legal representatives at the National Prosecutor's Office, which is to take place in the coming days. Lawyer Kasprzyk noted that his client "would require protection".
Bartosz G. brought to Poland, charged with murder
On 23 December 2025, Bartosz G. was transported to Poland from Greece, where he had been detained several months earlier – in May – on the basis of a European Arrest Warrant during a school trip. Two days after extradition, he was charged with the crime of murder with particular cruelty. During questioning at the District Prosecutor's Office in Płock, he did not admit guilt and refused to provide an explanation.
According to the findings of the investigation, 17-year-old Bartosz G. at the time met with Mai K., who was a year younger, on 23 April 2025, and the murder occurred that evening. An official report of the teenager's disappearance was filed on 24 April. On 29 April, the family reported that she was likely deprived of liberty. Mai K.'s body was found on 1 May 2025.
Source: Dziennik Gazeta Prawna