Amadeusz Giers

Introduction

Amadeusz Giers is a Scottish-based man who was convicted by a jury on 10 November 2025 of four charges involving sexual and non-sexual partner violence committed against two different complainers over a period of more than ten years, with barely a break between the two relationships. Sentencing him on 2 October 2026, Judge Craig found the statutory risk criteria met and imposed an Order for Lifelong Restriction — an indeterminate prison sentence under which Giers may only be considered for release by the Parole Board once his six-year punishment part has been served, and possibly never. Two independent risk assessors concluded he requires “external measures of control and restriction… for the rest of your life,” with one describing psychopathic personality characteristics alongside traits of Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorder .

Background Information

The offending spanned both relationships over a decade. The evidence at trial and the justice social work report prompted the court to call for a full risk assessment, and the accredited risk assessor instructed to assist the court rated the risk Giers poses to the safety of the public at large as HIGH — a conclusion supported by the report prepared on his behalf. The assessors found multiple risk factors giving cause for concern for his future management both in prison and in the community, and highlighted a persistent pattern of sexual violence across multiple relationships involving varied acts of physical and sexual violence together with psychological coercion — including choking and physical restraint, with increasing severity and frequency of violence. His denials and victim blaming, they concluded, indicated a high risk of continued inter-relationship violence and sexual offending .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted of a decade of sexual and violent partner abuse; given an Order for Lifelong Restriction with a six-year punishment part.

The sentencing remarks describe a man with a “profound lack of concern or empathy for the victims,” whose only concern is “the injustice” he perceives in his convictions. The assessors recorded that Giers has continued to target his ex-partners from prison — acting in an intimidating, harassing manner even while non-harassment orders were in place, engaging in “extreme levels of surveillance” of them beyond the control of the managing authorities, repeatedly failing to comply with monitoring arrangements, breaching rules persistently, and behaving deceptively toward his criminal justice social workers. The assessor’s view was that his entrenched personality impairment is such that long-term change would require lifelong external control, and the second assessor concluded the measures of lifelong restriction would be required to manage the “severe, enduring and harmful” level of risk he poses .

Judge Craig was satisfied the risk criteria under section 210E of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 were met — that the offences form a pattern of behaviour demonstrating an enduring propensity seriously to endanger the physical or psychological wellbeing of the public — and that an Order for Lifelong Restriction was “necessary and appropriate to protect the public — in particular, women with whom you might otherwise form relationships.” The order was imposed cumulatively in respect of all charges. Had the risk criteria not been met, the custodial term would have been twelve years; the punishment part was set at six years, being one half of that period under the applicable legislation, backdated to 24 April 2024 when Giers was first remanded into custody .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The judge emphasised that the punishment part “is no more than a minimum period” Giers must serve before the Parole Board can consider his case, and “certainly does not signify” that he is likely to be released then or ever. Alongside the indeterminate sentence he will be subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for an indefinite period, his name has been added to the list of persons deemed unsuitable to work with vulnerable groups, and non-harassment orders of indefinite duration protect each complainer named in the charges, prohibiting contact or attempted contact by any means .

Current Status

Giers is serving an Order for Lifelong Restriction imposed on 2 October 2026, backdated to his first remand on 24 April 2024. His six-year punishment part must be served in full before the Parole Board for Scotland can consider his case at all, and the judge expressly cautioned that the date does not signify release is likely then or ever; until any such decision, he remains in custody, on indefinite sex offender registration, on the vulnerable-groups list, and bound by the non-harassment orders. The published remarks record his continuing targeting of ex-partners from prison as part of the risk picture the court relied on .

Impact on Their Career/Life

The Order for Lifelong Restriction is Scotland’s most severe non-murder sentence: unlike a fixed term, Giers’s release is not automatic at any date, and the court’s finding of entrenched personality impairment with psychopathic characteristics — recorded in a published sentencing statement — will follow every future risk assessment he faces. Both assessors’ conclusions that only lifelong external control can manage his risk mean the pattern the jury convicted him of, ten years of rape and violence across two relationships with barely a break, is treated by the state as ongoing rather than concluded .

Sources

• “HMA v Amadeusz Giers” — Judiciary of Scotland sentencing statement, 2 October 2026: source