Deputies condemn lenient sentence handed down to top lawyer's son

Twelve Sejm deputies from Swietokrzyskie province have written to Justice Minister Barbara Piwnik, asking her to intervene in the case of a prominent local lawyer's son who received a suspended jail sentence and a zl.1,000 fine for a vicious attack on a policeman. Prosecution and defense lawyers agreed on an 18 month suspended prison term for Grzegorz M., who was accused of causing grievous bodily harm to the policeman. The deputies claimed in their letter that the sentence was far too lenient, in view of the seriousness of the crime. Gazeta Wyborcza revealed Grzegorz M. had previously been convicted of killing six people while driving under age. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) P.W.