Polish rapist who was 'sent away' to Britain by his 'humiliated' family after he attacked a girl flees the UK fearing a vigilante backlash after police tried to keep his crime a secret

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Marcin Jaworski, a mushroom farmer's son, who came to Britain after attacking a girl in his home country of Poland, is now being forced to flee the UK 

A Polish rapist who was sent to Britain in shame by his family after he attacked a girl in his home country is being forced to flee the UK fearing a vigilante backlash after police failed to keep his crime a secret.

Marcin Jaworski, a mushroom farmer's son, left Czarnkow in northern Poland for a fresh start after he was found guilty of rape.

The 20-year-old made a new life in Derbyshire - where police tried to keep his identity a secret to avoid fuelling racial tension after they discovered he was a convicted sex offender.

But now Jaworski is being forced to flee the UK after police failed in their bid to keep his crime a secret from members of the community in the village of Shirebrook, where he had been living.

His mother Iwona has arrived in Britain from her home in Poland with his sister Marzena to take him back to his home country.

It is understood he will be meeting a British lawyer with his mother and will fly home within days. 

His father told The Sun: 'He hasn't left the house since his conviction was revealed and is afraid he might be lynched.

'He has been called a rapist but it's not true - he touched or molested the girl but didn't rape her.

'Now he's very depressed because of these lies - his life is ruined.'

Jaworski came to Britain after his conviction in 2014 when his mother and the rest of his family felt 'humiliated' by his crime.

A former neighbour said: 'Marcin and the girl were about the same age and were both drunk when he raped her.

'He comes from a respectable family and they were so horrified and ashamed they thought it best to send him away.

'Britain made perfect sense. It's in the EU so there was no problem with him living and working there and he could make a new start.'

The 20-year-old made a new life in Derbyshire - where police tried to keep his identity a secret to avoid fuelling racial tension after they discovered he was a convicted sex offender. But officers failed in their bid and now Jaworski fears vigilante attacks 

Police officers in Derbyshire only found out about his past when he was arrested for drinking in the street. 

The force applied for his name to be added to the sex offenders register but asked for the hearing to be held behind closed doors.

The application for Jaworski's hearing to be held in private was rejected by the court after The Times and other publications argued that it had breached the principle of open justice.

The Mansfield Chad, a local newspaper, also argued that the publication of the case was in the interest of public safety and that keeping it secret would hamper an investigation into why Jaworski was allowed to live in the UK.

Rejecting the application for a reporting restriction District Judge Andrew Davison told Chesterfield Magistrates' Court: 'A fundamental principle is open justice which is the hallmark of the law. The media plays a vital role in the upholding of that principle on behalf of the public.'

Police officers in Derbyshire only found out about Jaworski's past when he was arrested for drinking in the street in the village of Shirebrook, pictured, where he settled 

Reporting restrictions had been requested in the case because of concerns raised by local officers, Superintendent Jim Allen explained.

'There have been widely reported community tensions in the Shirebrook area, in the past, linked to the large number of Eastern European people who now live and work in the area,' he said.

'We respect the decision of the judge who ruled the case should be heard without restriction.'

He continued: 'As a result of proactive policing, Marcin Jaworski was questioned after being found drinking in a prohibited area within Shirebrook. Further checks revealed he had a conviction for a sexual offence in Poland.

'We applied for the notification order to ask magistrates to allow us to require Marcin Jaworski to sign the sexual offenders register.

'This would ensure that he has to abide by the restrictions of the register and be monitored in the community by the police.'

But Derbyshire Police has since admitted they were wrong to try to keep the identity of Jaworski secret over 'community tension' concerns.

Chief Constable Mick Creedon also conceded it had been 'a mistake' for his force to attempt to hide the conviction.