JURORS will today continue their deliberations into the “buried alive” kidnap case.

They have to decide whether two men are guilty of attempted murder, after a woman was buried in a cardboard coffin in Huddersfield woodland in May.

They were told yesterday by a lawyer at Leeds Crown Court that although kidnapper Marcin Kasprzak may have behaved like a “monster” when he buried his fiancée alive, he had not intended to murder her.

Kasprzak, of Penistone Road, Fenay Bridge, is accused of attempting to kill Michelina Lewandowska, 27, by tying her up with parcel tape, placing her in a cardboard box and burying her in a hole in woods near Woodsome Hall Golf Club.

He and co-accused, Patryk Borys, 18, of Rashcliffe Hill Road, Thornton Lodge, deny attempted murder and say they were just trying to scare Miss Lewandowska.

Kasprzak and Borys’ defence barristers told the jury that there was not enough evidence to prove their clients wanted to kill her.

Julian Goose QC, for Kasprzak, told the jury they must put aside any feelings of “revulsion” and look at the hard evidence.