Judge’s fury after woman, 31, is hauled before court for calling a man who owed her boss money ‘a p***y’
The unimpressed judge remarked "That's an offence is it? Good heavens!" as he heard the case
A JUDGE has blasted prosecutors after a mum was hauled before the courts for calling someone a “pussy”.
Aga Czachowska, 31, used the insult in a phone message left for a man who owed her boss money.
But Daniel Pearce-Higgins QC asked: "That's an offence is it? Good heavens.
"To call someone a pussy is impolite. It's not an offence."
The case ended up at crown court — where a full day’s trial costs taxpayers £3,000 — after building firm boss Karl Smalley was declared bankrupt.
He owed £10,000 to close pal Nigel Jones, who owned a kitchen units company, but Mr Smalley had been able to repay only £2,000.
Mr Jones mentioned the situation to Aga, who worked for him assembling units.
She then took responsibility for collecting the debt, using Facebook to trace Mr Smalley, of Hereford, and find his phone number.
Christopher Lester, prosecuting, told Worcester crown court: “Mr Smalley was very distressed by that, saying he was bankrupt and there was nothing he could do.
“The defendant then phoned and left an answering machine message.
"It effectively said Mr Smalley was allowing his family to deal with these things for him.”
But after the case, Aga, originally from Poland, told The Sun: “He started shouting at me and hung up.
“Then he got his wife to answer the phone, so I left a message saying, ‘You’re a f***ing pussy getting your wife to deal with your problems’.
“I was angry because you shouldn’t take all that money off a friend and not pay it back.”
RELATED STORIES
Karl, 46, and wife Cheryl, 47, complained to cops that Aga had bombarded them with threatening messages for a week.
Aga said she was bewildered when police arrived at her work to arrest her.
She said: “I spent the whole day in the police station sobbing and crying.
“I have two kids aged three and ten and I thought, ‘What will happen to them’. It’s completely ridiculous that I went to court and even the judge thought it was stupid.”
Aga, from Exeter, admitted sending a malicious communication which was grossly offensive.
But Judge Pearce-Higgins said her words were “fairly standard behaviour in life”.
He added: “I’m concerned criminal law is properly used, not to stop people swearing at each other.
“It’s unpleasant but not a criminal act. If that’s the case, there are an awful lot of criminals about.”
Aga was given a two-year conditional discharge. The judge also declined a request for a restraining order.
MEANING OF VERDICT
A CONDITIONAL discharge will usually show up on an enhanced disclosure or Disclosure and Barring Service check for a year.
These are carried out on anyone wanting to work with children or vulnerable people in the UK. Offenders are given a conditional discharge if a judge decides they or the crime do not warrant immediate punishment. Instead, the person is freed and the offence put on their criminal record. No further action is taken unless they offend again within up to three years.