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image captionRoman Frackiewicz inflicted serious injuries on his landlady in a sustained attack
A lodger has been found guilty of murdering his elderly landlady in an attack in her Edinburgh home that ruptured her heart.
Roman Frackiewicz, who was drunk on vodka, assaulted the 77-year-old, leaving her with 14 fractured ribs, a broken breastbone and collapsed lungs.
Jadwiga Szczygielska let him stay at her flat after the priest at her church asked her to take him in.
He had denied murdering Mrs Szczygielska on 17 April 2020.
He was unanimously convicted of the murder by the jury at The High Court in Edinburgh.