Lawyer sent 87 pages of threatening main, court hears

A lawyer, who allegedly made a series of threats against former colleagues at a local law firm, sent some 87 pages of threatening mail, a court was told on Thursday.

Bartosz Marcin Adruszaniec, a 42-year old Polish national who ended up a squatter in abandoned premises lacking water and electricity, was back in court after being remanded in custody following his arraignment earlier this month.

He is pleading not guilty to charges of harassment, blackmail and threats, instilling fear in the partners and other employees at the firm where he was formerly engaged on a consultancy contract.

Other charges relate to a simple theft from a shop and an attempted robbery from a private residence at St Paul’s Bay.

“You have now unleashed me,” Mr Adruszaniec had stated in one of his threatening messages to the firm, after his employment had been terminated following reports of “certain behavioural issues.” Colleagues and clients had claimed the man would turn up at work under the influence of alcohol.

Reference was made to some 87 pages of emails and messages sent by the accused who allegedly vouched that he was prepared to go to jail “on[his] life” and threatening with “the revenge of a...