Sofija Kaczan, 100, survived the Holocaust. But heroin-addicted mugger Artur Waszkiewicz broke her neck and killed her as she walked to church in England

Artur Waszkiewicz had tried selling his dog and asking his neighbour for cash, but as his appointment with his dealer grew closer, he still didn’t have enough money to satisfy his craving for heroin.

But cruising along a section of Normanton in Derby, England, last May, he saw a solution to his problem.

Sofija Kaczan was a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor, a Polish-born widow who had endured a Nazi labour camp before moving to England, according to the BBC. On the morning of May 28, she was walking to church.

But prosecutors said the 40-year-old heroin addict who spotted her was only concerned with one thing about the centenarian, the green handbag she carried at her side.

Waszkiewicz was captured on a surveillance camera slowing down his silver car and mugging the woman. He used so much force to get the handbag that he ripped the handle. He also broke her neck and cheekbone, sending her to the hospital with injuries that would ultimately kill her.

Waszkiewicz left the woman bleeding in the middle of the street. She died on June 8 of pneumonia.