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Serial sex attacker Gierlowski has 10 years added to sentence
Summary
Slawomir Gierlowski, 36, has had ten years added to his prison term following a sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court. Gierlowski was previously convicted in 2018 of random outdoor attacks on three women in Clondalkin between 2011 and 2016, receiving a 22.5-year sentence with four years suspended. In May 2019, he was convicted of attempted rape, sexual assault, and assault causing harm against a fourth victim in a city centre attack on December 18, 2010, charges he denied. Sentencing for these offences was adjourned while Gierlowski appealed his 2018 convictions and sentence, appeals which the Court of Appeal dismissed in July. Today, Mr Justice Michael White imposed a headline sentence of 15 years for the attempted rape, reduced to ten years to be served consecutively upon the termination of his current term. He also imposed concurrent five-year sentences for the other two charges. The judge noted Gierlowski remains a serious threat to women's safety due to his lack of acknowledgement of predatory behaviour. The court applied the principle of totality, determining that the circumstances warranted minimal reduction. Gierlowski is currently serving his original sentence, with the new ten-year term to follow.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Serial sex attacker Gierlowski has 10 years added to sentence. Charges or matters: attempted rape, sexual assault and assault causing harm of a fourth victim on the night of December 18, 2010. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Convicted
When:
- May 2019 Incident
- December 18, 2010 Adjournment
- December 2010 Hearing Or Sentence
- May 2016 Incident
- October 2019 Incident
- 2011 and 2016 Incident
- 2011 and 2015 Incident
- 2021-09-02 Publication
Why: Justice White said that in order to proceed with sentencing Gierlowski for the 2010 attack "a degree of certainty" was required and he would be acting in a vacuum if he were to impose a sentence in advance of the conclusion of the appeal. CNI source report
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Appellant
Charges: attempted rape, sexual assault and assault causing harm of a fourth victim on the night of December 18, 2010 (Proven)
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Slawomir Gierlowski (36) was jailed for 22.5 years, with four years suspended, for random outdoor attacks on three other women. She imposed consecutive sentences totalling 22.5 years and suspended the final four years.; Sentencing for those offences was adjourned while Gierlowski appealed the 2018 convictions and the severity of that sentence.
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