A Polish man who abducted a child from a Dundee toy shop while naked and armed with a cricket bat had previously served sentences in his homeland for robbery and hostage taking.
The Tele has learned that Przemyslaw Kaluzny spent years behind bars for serious offences prior to moving to Dundee.
In 1997, he was sentenced to four years and six months at Poznan District Court for robbery.
The following year, he was back at the same court to receive a 10-month sentence for hostage taking.
Upon his release, he continued to offend, and was twice convicted of burglary.
The 41-year-old’s criminal past came to light after he admitted a naked rampage through a Dundee toy shop.
Kaluzny seized a child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, by the arm at Toys R Us, Kingsway, and dragged the child along the ground.
Kaluzny then assaulted the child’s grandmother with a cricket bat, hitting her on the head to her injury.
Police arrived at the scene quickly, handcuffed Kaluzny and took him to their headquarters.
However, he managed to snap the connecting bar of the cuffs during the journey.
At Dundee Sheriff Court, Kaluzny admitted six charges against him on indictment, all of which related to events which took place on April 5, at Toys R Us.
Kaluzny, currently of Murray Royal Hospital, Perth, admitted having a weapon and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
He also pleaded guilty to charges of public indecency, abducting a child, assault and vandalism.
The six charges he admitted at Dundee today state that he entered Toys R Us with a bat on Easter Sunday this year.
Kaluzny then proceeded to removed all of his clothing until he was completely naked and shouted at both staff and customers, placing them in a state of fear and alarm.
Kaluzny also behaved aggressively towards staff and customers having brandished a weapon — a cricket bat — within the store.
He then seized a child by the arm, dragged the child along the ground, then picked up and held the child.
And he assaulted the child’s grandmother, who cannot be named, by hitting her on the head with the cricket bat, to her injury.
Kaluzny then abducted the child by taking him from the premises and detaining him against his will.
The final charge stated Kaluzny damaged police property by snapping the connecting part of handcuffs whilst he was within a police car being taken to Dundee police headquarters.
Sentence was deferred until later this year.
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