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Suspended sentence for man who attacked two women

Date
2021-06-02

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Remigivsu Piotrowski, a 44‑year‑old Polish national, was given a two‑year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting his partner, Beata Iwaska, and her friend, Monika Wilt, on 5 October 2019. The attacks occurred at his Walkinstown Park home after he returned drunk from a work function. Piotrowski pushed Iwaska onto a couch, punched her, and pulled her hair; he also punched Wilt in the head after she intervened. Gardaí arrested him at the scene, and he later head‑butted a garda van while being transported to the station. He had no prior convictions. Judge Karen O'Connor accepted that he had lost control that night, noted his remorse, and ordered him to pay €5,000 to Iwaska and the remainder to Wilt. The sentence is suspended on strict conditions, including staying away from both women, engaging with the Probation Service for two years, and completing anger‑management and victim‑focused work as recommended.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for man who attacked two women. 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 Adjournment
2021-06-02 Publication

Why: Garda David O'Driscoll told Antonia Boyle BL, prosecuting, at the sentence hearing last January, 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: Credit: Collins) By Brion Hoban and Sonya McLean A Polish national who attacked his partner and her friend after returning home drunk from a work function has been given a two-year suspended sentence. She suspended a two-year sentence on strict conditions, including that he stay away from both women during those two years, that he engage with the Probation Service for two years and undergo any anger management and victim focused work as recommended by them and that he inform his probation officer of any new relationships.; Judge Karen O'Connor had adjourned the case last January following evidence to allow for the preparation of a probation report.