Man sentenced to eight months will be deported

A POLISH man will be deported back to his homeland after serving the eight-month prison sentence handed down at Oban Sheriff Court on Monday.

In the dock was 36-year- old Pawel Kuznicki, who pleaded guilty to assaulting his former partner by seizing her by the body and pushing her. The offence happened in their home in Oban on September 28 this year; Kuznicki had only been released from prison on August 4.

Procurator fiscal Eoin McGinty said that a disagreement between Kuznicki, of no fixed abode, and his partner escalated: ‘He put both hands on her shoulders and pushed her to the ground in front of their children, who became increasingly upset.’

The woman took the children into the kitchen and wedged a chair under the door handle to keep him from entering. Once he left the home they fled to a neighbour who described the children as being ‘ in a very upset state’. Mr McGinty added: ‘ The police were telephoned by the oldest child.’

Kuznicki was arrested and had been in custody since then.

Defence agent Edward Thornton said that no one had been injured in the incident.

‘ This is part of a pattern that for me is just as worrying because one wonders where it will end up,’ said Sheriff Ruth Anderson, QC.

Mr Thornton said his client fully expected a prison sentence: ‘ He is in the process of being deported; he has already been served with papers.’

He added: ‘If not deported on his liberty from prison he will be sent to Dungavel Detention Centre to await deportation.’

Sheriff Anderson also imposed an non-harassment order, that Kuznicki keep away from any address where his former partner and their children might be living.

‘ Though that might be academic,’ said the sheriff.