PAWEL SLIWINSKI

A man obsessed with his ex-partner has been jailed after turning up at her workplace armed with a metal pole.

Pawel Sliwinski, 37, of Kent Road, Peterborough, terrified workers at the premises in Padholme Road, Peterborough, on 18 March, by demanding to know where his ex-girlfriend was while clutching the weapon.

After realising she wasn’t there, Sliwinski left, and police were alerted.

Officers discovered Sliwinski had been harassing his former partner after she ended their 14-year relationship two months previous.

It had taken the victim several years to pluck up the courage to leave Sliwinski after suffering from physical and psychological abuse.

The victim told officers that during arguments, he would often put his hands around her throat, but she was usually able to break free due to his drunkenness.

Sliwinski isolated the victim from family and friends and on the rare occasion she did go out, he would constantly call and text her, accusing her of cheating on him.

He would often throw drinks glasses at her and, threaten to hurt her and her dog.

After the relationship ended, Sliwinski continued to abuse the victim by sending threatening messages.

One was a picture if his slit wrist, with Sliwinski threatening to kill himself if she didn’t go back to him.

Sliwinski pleaded guilty to engaging in coercive and controlling behaviour, actual bodily harm (ABH) and threats to kill.

Last Tuesday (14 January), at Peterborough Crown Court, he was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison and handed a five-year restraining order.