Tobin guilty of Angelika murder

A jury at the High Court in Edinburgh took three-and-a-half hours to convict Peter Tobin, 60, of the sexually-motivated killing in September last year.

Miss Kluk, 23, suffered severe head injuries and multiple stab wounds, before her bound and gagged body was dumped beneath the floor of St Patrick's Church in the Anderston area of Glasgow.

Tobin was jailed for life and ordered to spend a minimum of 21 years behind bars before being considered for release.

Miss Kluk's sister, Aneta Kluk, shouted "Thank you" to the jurors as they left the court for the final time.

Judge Lord Menzies told Tobin: "What you did to Angelika Kluk was inhuman." He also told him: "You are, in my view, an evil man."

Aneta Kluk said in a statement released by Strathclyde Police: "My father and I are relieved that the man responsible for Angelika's death is now likely to spend the rest of his days behind bars. We would both like to thank all of the Scottish public for their support during this horrific time."

Lord Menzies told the killer: "In the course of my time in the law I have seen many bad men and I have heard evidence about many terrible crimes which have been committed but I have heard no case more tragic, more terrible than this one.

"The advocate-depute describes what you did to Angelika Kluk as an atrocity and that word aptly describes what you did to this young woman. Any case of rape is serious. Any case of murder is serious. But what you did to Angelika Kluk was inhuman.

"To bind her hands, gag her so tightly that her face was misshapen when her body was found, to rape her, beat her about the head repeatedly with a table leg, fracturing her skull, stab her repeatedly about her chest and body and then drag her through her the church and dump her body under the floorboards as such rubbish - all this shows utter contempt and disdain for the life of an innocent young woman with her whole life ahead of her. You are, in my view, an evil man."