Dartford: Man who stabbed woman in her bed jailed

Police said Kitrys inflicted `a violent and cowardly assault on a vulnerable woman in her own bed'

A man who repeatedly stabbed a woman in her bed in Dartford has been jailed.

Kent Police said Andrzej Kitrys, 39, had sub-let a room at a property near London Road where the attack took place.

He was asked to leave by the other tenants - a man and a woman - some weeks later.

In the early hours of 8 October 2022, the woman was asleep alone in her room when she awoke to find Kitrys sitting on her bed.

Kitrys had pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder, but he was convicted at a trial at Maidstone Crown Court last September, and has now been jailed for 21 years

He told his victim he had killed the other tenant and was going to murder her, police said.

Kitrys then stabbed her multiple times with a large kitchen knife.

The woman, who suffered wounds to her neck, throat and hands, fought back and managed to disarm Kitrys before escaping.

'Dangerous individual'

A neighbour called 999 and armed officers entered the property where they located the other resident uninjured and arrested Kitrys.

Det Con Rebecca Ward, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "This dangerous individual inflicted a violent and cowardly assault on a vulnerable woman in her own bed.

"The victim bravely fought him off and fled the scene thinking only of seeking help to protect the other tenant in the house. Kitrys was swiftly arrested by our firearms officers and is now, quite rightly, starting a very long prison sentence."

Kitrys will serve two thirds of his sentence before he can apply for parole.

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