Piotr Ikonowicz

<h2 id="arrest-for-taking-part-in-battery">Arrest for taking part in battery</h2>
<p>He was arrested in 2000 for assault and battery on a landlord, who evicted a retired couple from their home.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Eight years later, after a trial, he was sentenced to 6 months of restricted freedom of movement and obligatory social work. However, Ikonowicz refused to carry out the social work part of his sentence and was sentenced to mandatory 90 days in prison starting on 14 October 2013. He didn't show up to prison, and police had to arrest him on 30 October 2013. He appealed to the president for a pardon, however <a href="/facts/Bronis%25C5%2582aw_Komorowski/G7Tqt1GB">Bronisław Komorowski</a> refused.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2>
<p>Piotr Ikonowicz is a son of the journalist Mirosław Ikonowicz<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> and Russian chef Olga Borkowska. His sister, <a href="/facts/Magda_Gessler/ysjEclz7">Magda Gessler</a>, is famous Polish chef and TV personality.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Ikonowicz was married with Zuzanna Dąbrowska, a journalist.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/sep/15/poland.russia">Ikonowicz - <i>Give us jobs, not revenge</i> - The Guardian, Monday 15 September 2008.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eupac.org/about/">Expert at European Palestinian Council for Political Relations (EUPAC) </a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Piotr Ikonowicz". The Guardian. London. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2011. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/piotrikonowicz" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/profile/piotrikonowicz</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Piotr Ikonowicz "jedynką" Samoobrony w Warszawie". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2011. <a href="http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80708,4523081.html" target="_blank">http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80708,4523081.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Kancelaria Sprawiedliwości Społecznej - Official website". Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2012-10-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121101024434/http://kss.vel.pl/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121101024434/http://kss.vel.pl/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"GUE/NGL condemns Polish authorities' unacceptable arrest of Piotr Ikonowicz - GUE/NGL - Another Europe is possible". www.guengl.eu. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09.
 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131109140718/http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/gue-ngl-news/gue-ngl-condemns-polish-authorities-unacceptable-arrest-of-piotr-ikonowicz" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131109140718/http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/gue-ngl-news/gue-ngl-condemns-polish-authorities-unacceptable-arrest-of-piotr-ikonowicz</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Ikonowicz już w areszcie. Ułaskawienia nie będzie". <a href="http://tvnwarszawa.tvn24.pl/informacje,news,ikonowicz-juz-w-areszcie-ulaskawienia-nie-bedzie,104029.html" target="_blank">http://tvnwarszawa.tvn24.pl/informacje,news,ikonowicz-juz-w-areszcie-ulaskawienia-nie-bedzie,104029.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Brownell, Ginanne (2012-01-06). "Warsaw's Restaurant Guru Moves Past Traditional Polish Cuisine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-06-02. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/dining/07iht-magda07.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/dining/07iht-magda07.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Powrót brata  - Archiwum tygodnika POLITYKA". archiwum.polityka.pl. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2025-06-02. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181106053339/https://archiwum.polityka.pl/art/powrot-brata,366373.html" target="_blank">http://web.archive.org/web/20181106053339/https://archiwum.polityka.pl/art/powrot-brata,366373.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Piotr Ikonowicz