Investigative journalist Mariusz Gierszewski of Radio ZET has reconstructed the events in detail.
The party took place over the past weekend at the Warsaw Police Prevention Unit in Piaseczno and involved the company commander and platoon commander of the IX Company.
Timeline of alleged assault
According to Radio ZET, the gathering ended around 3 a.m., roughly the time the alleged assault is said to have occurred.
The victim reportedly ran from one of the rooms and later confided in colleagues about the incident. Around two and a half hours later, at 5:30 a.m., fellow officers reported the matter to the duty officer, triggering a chain of notifications that eventually reached the local prosecutor’s office.
The company commander, suspected of the assault, was not immediately detained and initially went home. He returned to the barracks the following morning and was tested three times for alcohol in his breath at 8:15 a.m., registering a blood alcohol level of around 1.5 per mille.
He remained in custody at the barracks and was formally arrested at 2 p.m., when the prosecutor charged him under Poland’s criminal code for sexual assault.
Convictions for rape carry a prison sentence of two to 15 years, while other sexual offences committed without consent carry a sentence of six months to eight years.
Polish security minister calls for severe punishment
“This case is shocking, and if guilt is proven, the punishment should be very severe,” Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland’s minister-coordinator of the intelligence services, told Polish Radio.
The politician referred to the alleged rape by a senior officer and said the incident should serve as a warning to all security services on how to handle harassment and abuse.
Siemoniak added that the response of the Interior Ministry, led by Marcin Kierwiński, and other police authorities was exemplary: the suspect was swiftly detained and arrested, the victim received psychological support, and further personnel decisions were promptly taken.
The politician also highlighted that, unlike previous administrations from the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, the current authorities acted transparently, referring to the Igor Stachowiak case, in which a man died in police custody in 2016 under controversial circumstances that were widely criticised as a cover-up.
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