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94 - Bonus: Serial - Slawomir Gierlowski

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🗓️ 19 June 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In May of 2016, a woman was attacked as she walked to work by a man wielding a knife. In the course of the investigation, the assault was linked to two other crimes - both sexually motivated.  Gardai also linked the crime to a suspect - 31 year old Slawomir Gierlowski.  ********** Join me at CrimeCon UK on September 25th and 26th 2021. For more information and tickets visit crimecon.co.uk. Use the code MENSREA for 10% off. Purchase a ticket with the code and get in touch to get a free Mens Rea T-Shirt (limited to first 10 listeners who contact me) ********** With thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Check out the global leader in mens grooming and Get 20% Off + Free Shipping at Manscaped.com with the code MENS Check out the amazing CBD infused oils and drinks from Trip at drink-trip.com and use the code TRUECRIME for 15% off your first order and free shipping! 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(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 ********* Sources: The People (DPP) v Gierlowski [2021] IECA 13 (unapproved) Available here Tom Tuite, “Roofer accused of double false imprisonment and sexual assault of woman” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/roofer-accused-of-double-false-imprisonment-and-sexual-assault-of-woman-34768304.html   (2 June 2016) Declan Brennan, “Dublin man accused of carrying out three attacks on women goes on trial” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dublin-man-accused-of-carrying-out-three-attacks-on-women-goes-on-trial-36632827.html   (22 February 2018) Declan Brennan, “Woman tells jury she thought she was going to die during alleged sexual assault” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-tells-jury-she-thought-she-going-to-die-during-alleged-sexual-assault-36637316.html   (23 February 2018) Declan Brennan, “Sex attack victim had tape over face” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/sex-attack-victim-had-tape-over-face-court-told-36647740.html   (27 February 2018) Declan Brennan, “Woman felt knife cut through her fingers during alleged Luas stop attack, court told” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-felt-knife-cut-through-her-fingers-during-alleged-luas-stop-attack-court-told-36650418.html   (27 February 2018) Declan Brennan, “Gardai linked van near scene of sex attack to accused trial told” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/garda%C3%AD-linked-van-near-scene-of-sex-attack-to-accused-trial-told-1.3415898   (5 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “Court hears how Gardai used CCTV footage to plot journey of van linked to alleged attacker” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30831186.html    (6 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “Sex assault accused had cable ties in back of van” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/sex-assault-accused-had-cable-ties-in-back-of-van-36682075.html   (8 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “DNA links accused to sex attacks on three women over years, court is told” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dna-links-accused-to-sex-attacks-on-three-women-over-years-court-is-told-36689947.html   (10 March 2018) Isabel Hayes, “'I don't understand how my DNA ended up on that item': Accused denies three Dublin attacks on women” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30832348.html   (13 March 2018) Soyna McLean, “Alleged attacker's fingerprints found on duct tape at scene, court told” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/alleged-attackers-fingerprints-found-on-duct-tape-at-scene-court-told-36705423.html   (14 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “DNA is the 'golden thread' that connects random attacks on three women in Dublin – trial hears” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dna-is-the-golden-thread-that-connects-random-attacks-on-three-women-in-dublin-trial-hears-36725849.html   (20 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “Man found guilty of carrying out 'random' late night sex attacks on women”  in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-found-guilty-of-carrying-out-random-late-night-sex-attacks-on-women-36734242.html   (22 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “Roofer found guilty of third 'random' late-night violent attack on women in Dublin” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/roofer-found-guilty-of-third-random-late-night-violent-attack-on-women-in-dublin-36736667.html   (23 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “Man who carried out late night violent sex attacks on three women to be sentenced in May” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-who-carried-out-late-night-violent-sex-attacks-on-three-women-to-be-sentenced-in-may-36737997.html   (23 March 2018) Declan Brennan, “Father jailed for carrying out random assaults on three women” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/pictured-father-jailed-for-carrying-out-random-assaults-on-three-women-37036047.html   (21 June 2018) Declan Brennan, “Man in jail for attacks on three women convicted of trying to rape another” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/man-in-jail-for-attacks-on-three-women-convicted-of-trying-to-rape-another-1.3908606   (29 May 2019) Brion Hoban and Declan Brennan, “Roofer serving prison term for random sex attacks on three women continues to maintain innocence court hears” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/roofer-serving-prison-term-for-random-sex-attacks-on-three-women-continues-to-maintain-innocence-court-hears-38358959.html   (30 July 2019) Paul Reynolds, “Sentencing adjourned in 2010 sexual assault case” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2019/0730/1066047-slawomir-gierlowski-court/   (30 July 2019)

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Men's Rea podcast, and this is the story of Slavomir Gerlowski.

0:30.0

Before we begin a brief warning, this episode contains details of multiple sexual assaults

0:49.8

and may be triggering for some listeners. Please also note that the majority of victims

0:55.2

related to the following story have not made their names public, and so will be referred

1:00.3

to throughout this episode by the anonymous designations given to them in court documents.

1:07.9

On May 16, 2016, at about 20-7 in the morning, Ms. C left her home in Klandauken,

1:16.5

a village just outside Dublin City Centre to make her way to work. She was headed to the nearby

1:22.9

Lewis Light Railstop and used a pedestrian cut through called Nakhmina Lane. It was an early

1:30.1

start to the work week, but the sun was up, and it was cloudy but not overly cold. As she made

1:37.2

her way down the lane however, Ms. C was suddenly attacked from behind by a man wielding a knife.

1:44.6

She fought him off and made her way out to Monastery Road, where more people were headed into the

1:50.0

city centre. There, passers-by helped her to try and stem the flow of blood from her hand,

1:57.1

which was badly cut in the struggle, and also called the guardee. Ms. C was taken to the hospital,

2:04.3

and guardee arrived at the lane to begin an investigation into the attack.

2:09.9

The scene at the lane was preserved and photographs were taken, a number of items were collected

2:15.9

and bagged as evidence. Amongst these were black cable ties, a bottle of beer, and a roll of grey

2:22.6

duct tape, which were all sent for forensic and DNA testing. When guardee interviewed the victim,

2:30.0

Ms. C told them that she had seen a large white van parked at the entrance of the pedestrianised

2:35.6

road a number of times over the past two months. Other witnesses present that morning also

2:41.9

remembered the van and told guardee about it. Some were also able to recall a partial number plate.

2:49.0

On the basis of this information, one guardee decided to do what was referred to as a wild card

2:54.9

search for the van, searching only for the make model colour and year, a 2008 Dublin registered

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