The World - News from Feb. 1, 1985

The lawyer for Polish secret police Capt. Grzegorz Piotrowski said his client didn’t mean to kill Father Jerzy Popieluszko and demanded that a court drop murder charges against him. The captain is facing the death penalty in the killing of the priest, who strongly backed the outlawed Solidarity union. In final arguments, Piotrowski’s lawyer, Janusz Ilasz, said: “Piotrowski may have hit the priest with a club but did not intend to kill him. If he had wanted to do that he could have shot him with his revolver.” The proceedings were adjourned until Tuesday.