Man verbally abused garda while carrying a knife
Carlow Courthouse
A MAN who pleaded guilty to carrying a knife and verbally abusing a member of An Garda Síochána, while also admitting to three counts of theft in local supermarkets, was imprisoned for 15 months when he appeared before Carlow District Court last week.
Maciej Kiedrowski pleaded guilty to stealing alcohol from Munnelly’s garage, Kilkenny Road, Carlow on 26 August 2024, from Aldi in Hanover, Carlow on 2 April 2024 and from Aldi, Graiguecullen on 11 August 2024. In a previous court appearance, the defendant had been found guilty of carrying a knife on the Athy Road, Carlow, and of being intoxicated in a public place and engaging in threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour at Centaur Street, Carlow on 6 August 2024.
Sergent Lucy Condon told the court that the 31-year-old defendant had 24 previous convictions, including for theft and burglary, and had previously been given a six-month sentence.
Solicitor Chris Hogan said that Mr Kiedrowski was addicted to alcohol and that he’d been doing well until 2024, when his relationship broke down. He continued that his client had been living on the streets and had been assaulted and that’s why he was carrying a knife when the gardaí searched him.
Judge Carthy noted that the knife had been found in his underwear and that he had become abusive to the female garda, and that a bench warrant had to be issued for his arrest.
She said that her opinion on the dangers of carrying knives were well known and convicted and sentenced him to nine months’ imprisonment on the knife-possession charge. She sentenced Mr Kiedrowski of Ballingee, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow to a further six months on the theft charges.
