A loan shark who robbed a teenage waitress and throttled his lover during a series of attacks has been allowed to walk free from court.
Adam Polinkiewicz rummaged through an 18-year-old's clothing before taking her iPhone after demanding she pay him back the money he loaned her.
The 27-year-old admitted acting with another man to assault and rob the waitress in Pilton Drive North, Edinburgh, on 18 July 2018.
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Dundee Sheriff Court heard that he had previously loaned her money and it had been paid back, but he stole her phone after violently demanding the return of a second loan.
Polinkiewicz, from Broxburn, also admitted assaulting his on-off partner in Northview Court, Edinburgh, on 9 August 2018.
The court heard he repeatedly struck her head against a wall before jumping on her and causing her to fall, before pinning her down on the ground.
He also admitted attacking her again in Ancrum Court, Dundee, on 16 February 2020, after forcing entry and seizing her wrist and her throat to her injury.
Fiscal depute Stewart Duncan told the court the couple had been in an on-off relationship for a number of years before the two attacks.
Solicitor Billy Watt, defending, said his client had spent the equivalent of a 21-month sentence in prison on remand waiting for the case to conclude.
Sheriff Paul Brown placed Polinkiewicz under supervision for 18 months and ordered him to stay away from his victim for the next two years.
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