They are a family who have already experienced unimaginable grief. When Richard Ziemacki discovered his brother had been murdered in unspeakable circumstances, it brought back haunting memories. The killing of Stuart Everett, born Roman Ziemacki and known fondly as Benny, was not the first close relative he has lost to murder. His son, also named Richard, was killed in 2011. Richard Jnr died aged 29, after being attacked in Derby city centre in the early hours of a Sunday. His killer has never been brought to justice. So when his brother’s killer was convicted of murder, Richard Snr could be forgiven for letting out some emotion. "Justice for Benny," Richard said outside Manchester Crown Court, the courthouse where grisly, nightmarish details of his brother’s last moments were disclosed in unflinching detail. "Benny’s death brought back dark memories of losing our son Richard aged 29 in tragic circumstances in 2011," Richard said in a statement read out on his behalf at the sentencing of Marcin Majerkiewicz, Stuart's killer. "The trauma of what has happened to my dearly beloved brother has affected me personally beyond all comprehension." He added: "We never got justice for our son which has haunted us for over 10 years - and here we are again." Before Majerkiewicz, 42, was ordered to serve a minimum of 34 years in jail, Richard added: "My only hope is that justice is served for my harmless, caring, loving brother." It was weeks after Stuart had died that Richard even learned of his murder. The pair had spent a week together in Derby in March last year, where Richard lived and Stuart would often visit. They shared a love for horse racing, and watched the Cheltenham Festival on TV together. Stuart, 67, was murdered on March 27 or 28 after returning to his home on Worsley Road in Winton, Eccles. After killing and dismembering Stuart, and then trying to cover up and explain away the murder, Majerkiewicz even posed as him part of this despicable act. Majerkiewicz sent Richard a birthday card and sent Richard's niece some money, all the while pretending to be Stuart. He also posed as Stuart in text messages. The cruel behaviour has only added to their hurt. Richard said: "As the evidence has unfolded, I have looked back on the last birthday card I received from Benny in April last year, and when our family liaison officers wanted to take the card I realised this could not have been from him and the £20 Marie my daughter received for her birthday via bank transfer could not have been from her loving Uncle as he was already deceased. "Looking back the words in my card are not words my brother would use calling me an 'old man'. It was always 'dear brother', but why would I have ever questioned this at that time, not for one minute would I have thought Benny was no longer with us. "The person who chose to send the card and money had no regard for my family, and these actions were cruel and only add to our mental trauma." Stuart never married or had children, but remained very close with his family. He would regularly travel to Derby and attend family functions. His absence was keenly felt at a recent family wedding. Richard said: "Benny had booked a room at a hotel to attend my daughter’s wedding on August 24, 2024. He was so looking forward to watching his niece get married. This room remained empty, instead we had a photograph of Benny on a memory table at the venue, but he should have been there in person to celebrate the occasion with those he loved. "We have spent our first Christmas without Benny who would always travel from Manchester to be with us where we always had a traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner and open gifts. "Benny loved his food he always enjoyed having a few whiskies especially at Christmas. This year our Christmas celebrations was tainted, we were missing the chatterbox of the family. Instead we were filled with the thoughts of the investigation and upcoming trial. "Benny was my brother and an intricate and central part of our family, he was the only one who remained fluent in both written and verbal in the Polish language. Our parents died within 10 days of each other in 1999 which was a devastating blow on myself, Benny and my brother John. "The journey and the suffering my parents endured in the Second World War was unimaginable, they spent two years in a Russian concentration camp and eventually settling in the UK and having my brothers and me. "My father believed his first wife had died then met and married my mother, only to learn many years later his first wife was indeed alive and had given birth to our half-sister Barbara. "My father from learning this news ensured he supported Barbara, and he visited Poland every year. We were told about our sister at an age where we could understand, and it was Benny who remained in contact with her, sending her Christmas cards and birthday cards and making sure she remained part of our family. "Benny was the one who updated her on family news. I had to approach the investigation team to try and obtain her number, as he was the one who took control of our contact and could speak to her fluently. It was up to me to brace myself in broken Polish to give her the horrible news as well as to my brother John, on top of every other emotion I was feeling." After murdering Stuart, Majerkiewicz began a clean up of the house where they lived together. Under the false pretence that Stuart had suffered a stroke and needed to move out, Majerkiewicz began throwing away Stuart's possessions, including precious, irreplaceable family pictures. This has also added to his family's pain. Richard said: "Benny, out of all three brothers, was the one closest to our parents, he adored them. He was what I would describe as a hoarder and would buy things he didn’t really need, his room would have been cluttered with books on cricket and all the things he loved. "Amongst his possessions would have been all my family photographs going back years, photos of us all as kids and paper documents that my parents kept that Benny proudly kept safe for our small, but close-knit family. Benny was the keeper of our family history. "I have learned Benny’s room has now been emptied and cleaned of all trace of him. This is one of the things, amongst other things that keeps me awake at night, I have but a handful of photographs on my wall of my parents to pass down to my grandchildren. All my family history has apparently been thrown into a skip or such like and is gone forever. "Our parents were our heroes and especially Benny’s. How dare someone pick up and throw away a person’s belongings. Their actions are indefensible. Benny would be beside himself if he knew all he cherished had been thoughtlessly disposed of." He added: "It’s extremely difficult to put into words how much I miss him. Seeing my brother on CCTV and listening to his voice for the last time will be moments that will live with me forever – I have no words other than absolutely horrendous. "Every day in some way or another I think of him. I look in the mirror and see him as we were so alike, in our voice and mannerisms. Every time there is an occasion when he was always with us, I think of him. Every time I go to the places we liked to socialise I think of him. "Every time I look in my garden at the flowers growing, I think of him. I keep looking at my phone and read through the messages and photos Benny and I shared of flowers and food and the texts where Benny wanted me to place a bet for him as it was raining in Manchester, and he didn’t want to go out. "Then I get to the last few messages from Benny, and they aren’t from Benny are they, they were from someone who was pretending to be Benny. This brings home the grim reality that he would never be with us again." Richard says that at some stage he plans on taking his brother’s remains to Poland, where he will scatter them and finally lay his brother to rest. He said: "Once Benny’s remains were returned to me some nine months later, I asked for them to be cremated, he had a pure cremation in Manchester, I didn’t know what else to do. "The standard urn he would have been returned to me in would have had the name Stuart Everett on it, but he was never Stuart to me and my family, so I decided to purchase an urn where a name wasn’t needed, it is inscribed with ‘those we love don’t go away, they walk with us every day. Unseen, unheard but always near. Still loved, still missed and very dear’. "Benny had some lovely friends in Manchester, and I am thankful to all who helped contribute towards my brother’s remembrance collection. "We celebrated what should have been Benny’s 68th birthday on February 14, 2025 by having a wake in Derby, in his favourite club, it was a very hard and tearful occasion. "The ashes of my lovely brother were placed on a table alongside his picture. We celebrated his life with his friends in Derby and all had a shot of the polish drink, cherry vodka, and we shared fond memories of him. "My daughter and his great niece and nephew miss him so much. They are only in their teens and it is hard enough losing a loved one through natural causes, but to have to explain to someone so young who are just finding their own way in life something as barbaric as this is something I would never wish on anyone. "Benny’s ashes currently sit on my fireplace at home, I tap the urn each morning and say good morning to him. I say his ashes, the ashes we have are only 35 per cent of my unique, loving, caring brother, 65 per cent of him remains unfound. "I cannot dwell on where the other parts of my brother have been disposed of or what has happened to them, I have to cherish what I have. I would like to think this trial would be the end of my brother’s demise, but there have been many possible deposition sites where he wasn’t found, and I accept local wildlife may take a part in locating the rest of him. "His killer has unjustly chopped him into pieces, and my family and I still live in fear that parts of my brother may well still be found in the future, this possibility will always live with us. I intend to visit Poland at some point and lay his ashes with my parents which I am certain would be his wish." On Friday at Manchester Crown Court, Marcin Majerkiewicz was sentenced to life in prison, to serve a minimum of 34 years, after being found guilty of murder. He will have to serve at least that period in jail, before he can be considered for release by the Parole Board.