A man who breached a restraining order within a month of it being imposed has been jailed for 16 months.
Przemyslaw Tasak, 32, was told to stay away from his ex after he was convicted of assaulting her at her home in Preston in October 2024. Within a month, Tasak was phoning and texting the woman. He later told the police he did not think they had broken up.
On November 15, the woman was upstairs in her house when Tasak walked in through an unlocked door and went upstairs. He began shouting and screaming at her, calling her ‘stupid’ and complaining about a photo she had uploaded to social media.
The woman told him to leave but after he did, he made numerous phone calls to the woman.
At 3pm she went to collect her children from school but when she arrived she realised Tasak was also at the gates. He followed her into school, saying he would “smash her head in”. He demanded her phone, saying he was going to smash it, and took one of the children with him in his car.
When the woman reached her home, Tasak followed her into the drive. At 5:40pm, Tasak was arrested in his car. The couple’s child was with him and was distressed and crying, the court heard.
Tasak, of Stoney Butts, Preston, admitted he was guilty of breaching the restraining order and appeared at Preston Crown Court to be sentenced. At the time of the offence he was also subject to a suspended sentence for drugs offences committed in Margate, prosecutor David Clarke said.
Ms English, defending, said Tasak and his ex had one child together, however he had also raised his stepchild as his own from an early age. He has spent time on remand and missed his daughter’s birthday and Christmas with family in the UK and in Poland.
Preston Crown Court
Judge Darren Preston, sentencing, said: “Your protestations that you thought this order was discharged were absurd. You simply and arrogantly decided you could do what you wanted and not pay any attention to court orders.
“If that was not enough you were under a suspended sentence – showing you are unwilling and unable to control your emotions notwithstanding court orders that are in place.
“It is said you are remorseful but I don’t believe that. The letter you wrote speaks of pity for yourself. It speaks of missing your children but ignores the fact you subjected their mother to abuse in front of those very children you care so much about.
“The situation is aggravated significantly by the fact you have previously used violence against her. It is plain only an immediate custodial sentence can be justified – you are absolutely no candidate for rehabilitation given your repeat offending and court orders.”
He sentenced Tasak to 10 months for breach of a restraining order and activated six months of the suspended sentence he was serving at the time of the offence.
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