HIV fear of policewoman stabbed by shoplifter with needle
SHOPLIFTER Grzegorz Pajak stabbed a policewoman with a hypodermic needle after telling her he was HIV positive.
PC Gemma Newman is now living with the fear she may have been infected with the virus and is waiting for test results.
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Gloucestershire Constabulary
It was the third time that Polish national Pajak, 28, had brandished a syringe when caught shoplifting, Gloucester Crown Court heard.
Pajak, of Southgate Street, Gloucester, will be deported when he has served his 32-month jail sentence.
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He pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding PC Newman on July 29 and to stealing aftershave from Boots on the same date.
The persistent thief had also once spat on a police officer and had twice been armed with knives when he went shoplifting.
The court heard that Pajak lashed out after police were called when he was detained by a security guard in Boots in Eastgate Street, Gloucester.
Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Pajak: "You have caused the officer deep psychological distress by what you did.
"Since coming to this country you have been perpetually immersed in criminal activity and causing serious inconvenience and worse."
Prosecutor Giles Nelson said that, in a statement, PC Newman said: "I have been a police officer for four-and-a-half years. This was without question the most frightening incident I have been involved in.
"I had never been confronted with a needle before and I was extremely scared. I have been left questioning whether I want to continue working as a frontline police officer as this incident has affected me so much."
Paul Cook, in mitigation, said Pajak, a heroin addict, was remorseful about what he did.
After the hearing, PC Newman said she wanted to thank Gloucestershire Constabulary for their support.
Comments
by LadyScarface
Monday, October 08 2012, 5:09PM
“He'll get deported and be on the very next plane back to britain - he should of been deported after he comitted his first crime here, not allowed out to do it again and again -”
by FreeRadical1
Monday, October 08 2012, 4:00PM
“Good idea, GlosYap2. There's no need to fill our own prisons with foreign criminals. Let their own country deal with them.”
by GlosYap2
Monday, October 08 2012, 1:07PM
“Heres an idea, send him home and pay the polish prison system to house him for his stay. At the very least deport him forever when he completes his sentence. We already have too many native idiots, why would we want to import any more?”
by gallopingbear
Monday, October 08 2012, 1:06PM
“Disgusting..
The police often get slated by people, but here is a reminder of what our police have to deal with. We should be more supportive of all of our services and forces.
Lord Gagas, have to agree. It should be one strike and youre out.”
by honslknjklyt
Monday, October 08 2012, 11:00AM
“And yet how many people bend over backwards to help these smackheads. This is disgraceful. This is not the first time this has happened. It happened to a security officer friend of mine. Some druggie waving it about saying "I've got aids, I'm gonna stick anybody who comes near me". The druggie went unpunished due to lack of evidence.
It is sickening.”
by LordGagas
Monday, October 08 2012, 10:08AM
“why wasn't he deported after the first offence?”
by Ysedra
Monday, October 08 2012, 9:29AM
“What a jerk. He's probably lying about being HIV positive, though (or has that been confirmed? Probably confidential medical information, even though he told complete strangers).”
by mikehibby
Monday, October 08 2012, 8:44AM
“Interesting, he was remorseful after the incident, yet he's already done the same thing twice before, so was he not remorseful then?”
by Walker100
Monday, October 08 2012, 8:23AM
“"Paul Cook, in mitigation, said Pajak, a heroin addict, was remorseful about what he did."
No, he was remorseful about being caught.”