THE head of a Southampton church will today urge his congregation to help detectives find who killed labourer Wieslaw Filus.

The 45-year-old was found dead in the bedroom of his Denzil Avenue home three weeks ago having suffered a blow to the head.

Leaflets will be handed out to members of the community after one of the largest Polish services in the city, at St Edmund’s Roman Catholic Church on The Avenue.

Reverend Mariusz Urbanowski, pictured above with Det Chief Insp Colin Matthews, said the murder has affected the whole community, added: “We are upset about this death. One of us died,” he told the Daily Echo.

“He had a long life to live in front of him, but the chance to do that was taken away from him, so I’m here to appeal to help solve the case and find the murderers.

“I’m making a special appeal to all Polish people who saw or met Wieslaw in the last hours of his life or knew about his plans to give any information to the police. Maybe this information, this one piece of information, will help solve the case.”

Anyone with information about Mr Filus, or his whereabouts on the evening of Friday, July 17, should call the Operation Hopscotch investigation team on 0845 045 4545, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.