Fort supermarket worker ordered to be of good behaviour

A Fort William supermarket worker was ordered to be of good behaviour when he appeared at the town’s sheriff court last week.

Kamil Borowka, 34, of the town’s High Street, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner toward his ex-partner, the mother of his child, at her home on Lochaber Road, Fort William, on Monday July 15.

The court heard that Borowka, who has lived in Fort William for six years, banged on the door and window of the house and then waiting outside before confronting her outside the house, when he stuck his foot out to stop the wheels of the pram in which the child was sitting. He further admitted to shouting at the woman from his car as she walked down Lochaber Road before he drove off.

Procurator fiscal Alison Young told the court that there had been ‘ongoing tensions’ between Borowka and his former partner.

‘Clearly he felt he could turn up whenever he wanted and see the child, which is not the case,’ Mrs Young told the court.

The incident occurred three months after Borowka’s three-year relationship with his ex-partner had ended.

Borowka’s solicitor, Hamish Melrose, said that at the time of the incident Borowka had not long returned from a trip to his native Poland after his father had died. He went on to say that the issues between Borowka and his ex-partner were in relation to the child. He said that Borowka had visited the house on Lochaber Road because he had found another place to live in the town and needed to collect bedding and clothing, and wanted to speak to his ex-partner about child care and other such issues.

Mr Melrose explained that his client agreed he was at the house and there was an exchange between him and his ex-partner after she left the building.

Mr Melrose said that Borowka felt that his behaviour ‘wasn’t great’ and ‘not the best way to deal with the situation’ and the issue between him and his ex-partner has since been ‘wholly rectified’.

Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald deferred sentence for six months until April 23 in which time Borowka is ordered to be of good behaviour, particularly towards his ex-partner.