"The court agreed with us." There is a decision regarding temporary arrest for Piotr W.

"Arrest is a last resort, not a waiting room for the prosecutor," commented attorney Magdalena Prządka-Leszczyńska on the court's decision.

The Warsaw-Śródmieście District Prosecutor's Office requested a month's detention for Piotr W. The detention hearing took place on Sunday noon at the Warsaw-Śródmieście District Court.

"The court did not accept the absurd request of the prosecutor's office to arrest Piotr W. and shared the defense position. Mr. Piotr returns home after over 50 hours," wrote attorney Prządka-Leszczyńska on the X website.

Prządka-Leszczyńska pointed out that in order to apply a measure in the form of pre-trial detention, it is necessary to meet all of the following conditions: a general condition (e.g. to secure the proper course of proceedings), a specific condition (e.g. when there is a fear that the detained person will cheat), the absence of negative conditions and the authority's demonstration that no other measure of a non-custodial nature will secure the proper course of criminal proceedings.

In this case, there is not a single condition that allows a person to be deprived of his liberty before sentencing, and they were certainly not met cumulatively. The court agreed with us, said the lawyer.

Controversial intervention at Marszałkowska Street

Piotr W. was arrested on Friday at ul. Marszałkowska by policemen securing the assembly in front of the Constitutional Tribunal. According to the police, he attacked the officer, who suffered a head injury and was taken to hospital.

On Saturday, the Warsaw Police Headquarters published a recording from the camera of the officer participating in the intervention. It shows that the man does not respond to a request to show a document, then pushes the police away and runs away. He is overpowered in the vestibule of the premises on Marszałkowska Street. He shouts: "they attacked me" and "you are choking me." During a search of the detainee, it turned out that he had a knife on him. Right-wing politicians questioned the course of the arrest.

There is a demonstration in front of the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal of groups associated with, among others, from PiS. The gathering is secured by the police.