Despite strong evidence of bribery, prosecutor Cieślak avoids prosecution

The Prosecutor's Office in Lublin has announced that it has gathered i rrefutable evidence that proves that an Inowrocław Prosecutor, Mirosław Cieślak, accepted bribes for closing investigations. According to sources close to the Prosecutor in Lublin, the police have recorded Cieślak's phone calls wherein he offered to 'solve a problem' and then demanded 'a hundred' [according to police ‘a hundred thousand'] złoties. However; despite strong evidence pointing to his guilt, Cieślak has yet to be prosecuted, as a disciplinary court for the Prosecutors' office in Warsaw still refuses to lift his immunity, and several of the charges made against him have already expired. Gazeta Wyborcza has learned that since last year, Cieślak has not been allowed to carry out his duties in the light of the numerous charges made against him. The regional prosecutor in Bydgoszcz has also turned to the disciplinary court in Warsaw to reduce Cieślak's wages, but clearly to no avail, as he still receives zł. 5,000 for doing nothing. (Gazeta Wy borcza, p. 3) J.K