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Janusz Pielak outside Swindon Magistrates Court Picture: ADVER A FISHERMAN was caught trying to bring his knife and a pair of secateurs into the magistrates’ court. Janusz Pielak, 59, told the justices last year that he had the “ordinary fishing knife” as he was due to go fishing with a colleague after his court appearance. He was working in the garden before being picked up and had put the secateurs in his bag.
Swindon magistrates this week sentenced him to 12 weeks’ imprisonment, suspending the jail time for a year. Chairman of the bench Iain Cooper told Pielak: “If you commit any offences at all during that 12 month period you are more than likely to be sent to prison.”
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The property in Hawthorn Close, Salisbury Picture: GOOGLE A NURSERY worker’s rental property was taken over by around 20 “hot bedding” shift workers, a court heard. Wiltshire Council took Siddika Begum to court, saying she was responsible for an illegal HMO and had lied to council staff about who was living at the property. The 29-year-old pre-school worker admitted the charges but claimed she had been forced out by an ever increasing number of tenants. Prosecutor Andrew Kamosa, for Wiltshire Council, told Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Friday that up to 20 people had been living at the three-bedroom terraced house in Hawthorn Close, Salisbury.
By Advertiser Reporter AN ALLEGED member of a Swindon prostitution ring has appeared before the magistrates. Gigi Ciobanica, 43, is accused of facilitating the travel of women with a view to them being sexually exploited by paying for flights from Romania, collecting a woman from the airport and driving her to known brothels . Prosecutors also claim he collected the earnings of another woman and sent money back to Romania. The offences are alleged to have been committed between 2015 and 2018. Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning, Ciobanica, of Grasmere Road, Birmingham, entered no pleas to charges of arranging or facilitating the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, conspiracy to arrange travel, possession of criminal property and money laundering.
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Swindon Magistrates Court A MAN has been remanded in custody over allegations he attacked another in Haydon Wick on Tuesday. Lewis Butterfield, 28, is said to have struck his victim, who is in his 20s, repeatedly to the head. The alleged assault saw part of Thames Avenue cordoned off by police earlier in the week.
Swindon magistrates’ this morning heard the victim had suffered a brain injury and was taken to hospital. It is understood he remains at the John Radcliffe Hospital. Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning, Butterfield, of White Eagle Road, entered no plea to a charge of wounding with intent. The charge is indictable-only, meaning that pleas can only be taken at the crown court.