My brother died after being force-fed 22 shots & robbed in a dodgy Polish nightclub – our family demands justice
A GRIEVING sister has spoken of her family’s quest for justice after her brother was piled with alcohol, robbed and left for dead in a seedy Polish nightclub.
Mark Cocks was enjoying a break in Krakow when he is believed to have been targeted by a gang who specialised in robbing tourists.
The beloved son, brother and uncle is said to have been plied with 22 shots before being robbed and left for dead at the seedy nightclub.
Polish authorities have now finally made arrests over his death – some six years after he was killed in October 2017.
Mark, from Loftus, Yorks, was left with a lethal blood alcohol level at the time of his death after being forced to drink 22 shots, according to Poland National Prosecutor’s Office.
Now his grieving sister Samantha has revealed to The Sun Online that despite the past and ongoing arrests, the family was told “nobody was being held accountable” for her brother’s death.
She said: “The last we heard from the serious crime squad – who were investigating Mark’s death and dealing with the inquest – was that they weren’t looking into the crimes and goings on in those establishments.
“So why is this coming out now?”
She also claims parts of the police account are untrue, including the allegation that Mark was drunk when he arrived at the club, Wild Night.
The family feel “forgotten” – and they want the perpetrators to be held accountable, said Samantha.
And she feels as though she and her family have been left in the dark regarding her brother’s case.
In the wake of Mark’s passing, family members have tried to warn other partygoers to avoid the illicit club, which has now shut its doors.
Samantha commented under the club’s review page: “My brother’s death in this vile establishment needs to be made aware of!”
Another woman claiming to be Mark’s aunt replied: “Dodgy b******s, they are scum, it was my nephew who died in this bar.
“They fleeced him out of five transactions totalling £760, separated from his friend, then told his friend ‘your mates dead’.”
The family’s warnings are backed up by hundreds of terrible reviews on sites such as TripAdvisor.
User Frantz shared: “Stay away from this place. In short, we were pepper sprayed by security and badly beaten. The women tried to rob us for money.”
Traveller Lars believed he and his brother were spiked at the club, and recalled his experience alongside his brother.
He said: “When my brother paid, they added an extra zero to his bill turning it to £470 from £47.
“He said it was way too much and instead of getting his money back he got kicked out.”
Investigators previously explained how the organised web of clubs would rob their patrons after getting them intoxicated, and often overcharged or threatened customers to make money.
The Polish Central Police Investigation Bureau (CBSP) said that they have filed over 700 criminal charges against the group.
They said the clubs ran a racket where they systematically got punters drunk before robbing them.
Some were even persuaded to take out loans to cover “debts” run up by the fraudsters.
In a series of raids on nightclubs, police seized suspects and confiscated electronic devices, computers, cash and phones.
The authorities said they have arrested the group who forced the tourist to drink himself to death.
At the time of his death, his family remembered Mark as a hard working lad, who was “always socialising”.
Heartbroken mum Pat previously told Teesside Live: “Everybody loved Mark, he was really the life and soul.
“He was always happy and upbeat, and positive.
“He didn’t have a bad word about anyone, and nobody had a bad word about him.”
The Sun has reached out to Poland’s Central Anti-Corruption Bureau for further confirmation about claims made about the investigation into Mark’s death.
The investigation into the crime groups responsible for the Mark’s death continues.