Man dresses as clown and uses axe on mum-of-three’s front door

Pawel Rabel is not allowed to enter Tunbridge Wells anymore (Picture: Alamy)

An axe-wielding dad who turned up at his ex-partner’s home dressed as a clown before striking her door with the weapon has avoided jail.

Pawel Rabel repeatedly harassed the mother of his children with unwanted contact from December 2023 until October 2025.

The most serious incident came just before 9pm on October 20 when his victim, a mum-of-three, found a bag of gifts on her doorstep.

At his sentencing hearing at Maidstone Crown Court, prosecutor Alban Brahimi told of the chilling moment the Tonbridge resident attended her property dressed in a clown costume and mask, before striking an axe at her door.

He told th...