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Drunk man attacked partner and friend

Date
2021-01-14

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

A 44‑year‑old Polish national, Remigivsu Piotrowski, was arrested after returning home drunk from a work function and attacking his partner, Beata Iwaska, and her friend, Monika Wilt, on 5 October 2019. Piotrowski, who had no prior convictions, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to two women and to resisting a peace officer at two locations on the same date. He was also charged with assault causing harm to a third person. During the assault he pushed Iwaska onto a couch, punched her, and pulled her hair; Wilt was punched in the head and knocked to the ground. After the attack, Piotrowski became aggressive towards Gardaí, head‑butting a van door while being transported to a station. He was remanded on bail pending a final hearing scheduled for 22 March, with a probation report ordered and the possibility of a custodial sentence not ruled out.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Drunk man attacked partner and friend. Charges or matters: assault causing harm to two women at his address on October 5, 2019; resisting a peace officer at Walkinstown Park, Dublin, and at Crumlin Road, Crumlin, also on October 5, 2019. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

October 5, 2019 Incident
March 22 Adjournment
2021-01-14 Publication

Why: Garda David O'Driscoll told Antonia Boyle BL, prosecuting, that Beata Iwaska had been in a relationship with the defendant for six years and had moved to this country from Poland in order to live with him. CNI source report

Case subjects

Remigivsu Piotrowski

Defendant

Charges: assault causing harm to two women at his address on October 5, 2019; resisting a peace officer at Walkinstown Park, Dublin, and at Crumlin Road, Crumlin, also on October 5, 2019 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Judge Karen O'Connor ordered a probation report and remarked that she had not ruled out a custodial sentence.; She remanded Piotrowski on continuing bail and adjourned the matter for finalisation on March 22, next.