Four found guilty of killing Birmingham dad set on fire over £1m illegal cigarettes

Tomasz Samel was kidnapped, tortured and set on fire by an organised crime group as punishment after HMRC seized £1m worth of illegal cigarettes stored at his unit in Aston, Birmingham

Tomasz Samel was kidnapped from his home in Handsworth, Birmingham, in March 2019 by men posing as INTERPOL officers and died in hospital three months after the attack

Tomasz Samel died in hospital three months after the horrific attack

Sarah Hooper | Live News Reporter Published August 12, 2026 2:02pm Updated August 12, 2026 2:02pm Tomasz Samel was attacked by an organised crime group (Pictures: PA/West Midlands Police) Four men have been found guilty of killing a dad who was kidnapped, tortured and set on fire. Tomasz Samel was brutally attacked by

Tobiasz Kozlowski, of Kirkby, was one of the four men convicted after trial of Tomasz Samel's killing

Tomasz Samel, 45, was snatched from his home on March 27, 2019, taken to Liverpool and tortured