Amadeusz Giers, 39, stalked a dating website for more victims during a ten-year reign of terror. He attacked two partners between 2014 and 2024 in Edinburgh, subjecting them to extreme surveillance and psychological abuse. Giers was convicted of the offences last November, but it took 11 months for specialist risk assessors to conclude he should never be freed and was an 'untreatable psychopath.'
Dating site stalking revealed
The Record can reveal that Giers was welcomed onto an Edinburgh dating page in December 2023, four months before he was finally locked up on remand for the rapes and extreme surveillance. A source said: "Giers is an extremely dangerous man and any woman he comes into contact with is at risk."
The source added: "The fact that he was stalking dating sites for females during his offending just shows he wanted to attack more women. Now his picture is out there, other women could come forward on the back of this."
Sentencing and risk assessment
At the High Court in Livingston earlier this month, judge Susan Craig sentenced Giers to an Order for Lifelong Restriction with a punishment of six years. But she made clear that number was academic, and the high risk Giers poses means he could be resistant to any remedial interventions either inside or outside of prison.
She said: "You lack insight into your entrenched attitudes - and behaviours are resistant to intervention. The assessor highlights your deceptive behaviour towards your criminal justice social workers, and that you act subversively, engaging in extreme levels of surveillance of your ex-partners, beyond the control of managing authorities."
The judge continued: "The assessor's view is that your entrenched personality impairment is such that for you to make long-term and sustained change in his life, you will require external measures of control and restriction to be placed upon you for the rest of your life. The assessor appointed for you echoes that view, describing you as having complex personality traits with a high prevalence of psychopathic personality characteristics and dysfunction, together with traits of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder."
Details of the offences
Giers' first victim suffered at his hands between July 2014 and August 2018. He subjected her to a rape and attempted rape, isolated her from her family and friends, and concealed a tracker in her car to monitor her movements. He also set up a fake account on a dating website to target a male he believed his partner was speaking with.
Between April 2019 and April 2024, he subjected a second female to more extreme levels of violence and threats. He placed covert recording devices in her home and refused to let her walk her dogs without him being there. He also subjected her to a knifepoint rape in April 2024 despite being bailed not to approach or contact her in February of that year.
He was convicted of four charges across ten years in the capital, with all of them being aggravated by abuse of a partner or ex-partner. Judge Craig added that Giers showed no insight into his offending and saw himself as the victim.
She said: "You are described as someone who has a profound lack of concern or empathy for the victims with your only concern being for the injustice you perceive results from your convictions. However, the assessors have noted your persistent pattern of sexual violence across multiple relationships involving varied acts of physical and sexual violence together with psychological coercion."
She added: "They highlight that this includes choking and physical restraint, with increasing severity and frequency of violence which, taken together with your denials and victim blaming, indicates a high risk of continued inter-relationship violence and sexual offending."
Continued harassment and lifelong restriction
The judge noted that despite being locked up, Giers continued to harass his victims from jail. She said: "Despite understanding the gravity of your situation, you have continued to target your ex-partners from prison. Over time you have repeatedly failed to comply with monitoring arrangements and persistently breached rules, acting in an intimidating, harassing manner towards victims even when non-harassment orders were in place."
She concluded: "I am satisfied that the offences of which you were convicted form a pattern of behaviour such as to demonstrate an enduring propensity seriously to endanger the physical or psychological well-being of the public. An order for lifelong restriction is necessary and appropriate to protect the public – in particular, women with whom you might otherwise form relationships – from the very serious risk that you present."
She sentenced him to a nominal six year period, but added: "I emphasise that this is no more than a minimum period that you must serve before the Parole Board can consider your case. It certainly does not signify that you are likely to be released at that stage or indeed ever. That, as I have said, will be for others to decide."
His name was added to the Sex Offenders Register and he was banned from contacting his victims for an indefinite period. Detective Sergeant Barry Carlin, from Police Scotland, said: "Giers subjected two women to years of horrific abuse, causing lasting trauma and having a profound impact on their lives. I would like to acknowledge both the victims and the strength they showed throughout the investigation and court process. I hope this result gives them some comfort."
