A girl who’s believed to have been held as a intercourse slave’ for 14 years has immediately confronted in courtroom the person accused of abducting and imprisoning her in his home of horrors.
Vladimir Cheskidov is standing trial for the kidnapping and rape of the lady, who known as Ekaterina, in addition to the homicide of one other girl at his residence within the Chelyabinsk area of Russia.
The ‘maniac’ is accused of retaining Ekaterina captive in a wood neck restraint and killing one other girl, named Oksana, in 2011 or 2012, who he additionally allegedly kidnapped and held as a intercourse slave.
Her dismembered bones had been discovered at his premises in Smolino village, in line with proof from prosecutors.
The trial is held behind closed doorways however immediately Ekaterina, now 34, who was ‘kidnapped’ aged 19, gave her testimony in opposition to in opposition to Cheskidov as she fleetingly appeared in public for the primary time since she escaped the dungeon.
Vladimir Cheskidov is standing trial for homicide, abduction and rape in Chelyabinsk, Russia
When her captor went out, Ekaterina – generally known as Katya – had been pressured to lie on the ground, and put on the do-it-yourself wood head and neck restraint, so she couldn’t escape
The trial is held behind closed doorways however immediately Ekaterina, now 34, who was ‘kidnapped’ aged 19, gave her testimony in opposition to in opposition to Cheskidov
The stays of Oksana, who was in her 30s, had been present in a cellar on the property and had been chopped up and boiled. Pictured is a room in the home
She bought free final yr, reuniting along with her household, and instantly informed police of the horrific ordeal she stated she confronted.
She was raped ‘hundreds of occasions’ and stored in a cramped room behind two locked doorways, one in all them iron, with steel protecting the window.
When her captor went out, Ekaterina – generally known as Katya – had been pressured to lie on the ground, and put on the do-it-yourself wood head and neck restraint, so she couldn’t escape.
Her legs and arms had been tethered to steel brackets fastened to chipboard in a crucifixion place, and her mouth was taped so she couldn’t name for assist.
‘It was inconceivable to flee from this lure because the sadist invented a particular system the place he positioned the lady throughout his absence,’ reported Russian state TV.
A state investigator stated: ‘Cheskidov used two sheets of chipboard with metallic staples to harness Ekaterina’s limbs.
‘He positioned wood noose on her head [and neck].
‘Then he taped her face and mouth in order that she couldn’t name for assist.’
Ekaterina, now 34, fled captivity in Russia after 14 years, and was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by Cheskidov
Cheskidova and his mom Valentina lived collectively on the Smolina property
Pornographic footage had been plastered throughout the wall of the makeshift jail.
Youngsters’s dolls had been discovered and investigators took away a number of intercourse toys used to torture her, it was alleged.
Ekaterina was additionally made to play chess with him, it’s alleged.
Beneath her room in a low-ceilinged cellar had been discovered the stays of the opposite girl, who was round 30 when she was killed, in line with proof within the case.
Bones had been reported to have been present in a ‘saucepan’.
Ekaterina had witnessed the opposite girl being killed in a barn owned by Cheskidov and had been threatened with the identical destiny if she disobeyed him, it was alleged.
Laptops, and discs with pornographic content material, had been confiscated from the home. Pictured is an investigator looking out the property
It’s claimed that Ekaterina B was stored within the basement with a padlocked door
Pictured is the outside space of the property the place the ladies had been held captive
Ekaterina had witnessed the opposite girl being killed in a barn owned by Cheskidov. Pictured: The suspect’s property
Cheskidov’s mom Valentina, 73, who lived on the identical home, was seen by police as aiding her son in trapping the ladies.
Her authorized case has been handled individually.
She declined immediately to talk to Russian journalists on what was the primary time she had been seen in public since escaping from her alleged 14 yr incarceration.
Cheskidov immediately claimed forward of the trial that she had been free to go.
He beforehand alleged his relationship along with her was one in all ‘love’.
His mom claimed: ‘She joined my son and lived like a queen… No-one stored her.’
Cheskidov immediately claimed forward of the trial that she had been free to go. He beforehand alleged his relationship along with her was one in all ‘love’
Cheskidov has been seen immediately in courtroom for a custody listening to. He was declared match to face courtroom after earlier being held beneath armed guard in a psychiatric hospital
At this time the alleged abductor, rapist and assassin refused to apologise to her.
‘I did not do something,’ he stated. He refused to reply query on rape and homicide.
His mom earlier stated: ‘Katya [Ekaterina] lived [with us] on her personal free will.’
She claimed: ‘All the ladies are drawn to him. He’s a non-drinker, non-smoker, and optimistic. Everybody wants such males. A workaholic.’
Cheskidov faces life in a grim Russian penal colony if convicted.
He’s presently beneath hospital care and arrived for his trial by ambulance.
When the costs had been put to him in courtroom he replied: ‘I do not agree. I do not agree with something in any respect.’
