A woman who was held captive and raped in a barn for over four years in Poland by a man she met on the internet was hospitalised whenever she failed to satisfy his demands and would be hosed down with cold water, it has emerged.
HOW IT ALL STARTED
The 30-year-old victim, only known as Malgorzata, who met Mateusz J in 2019 after connecting on a dating site, was reportedly held in a disused animal barn, and was subject to regular beatings, rape, and mental abuse for four years.
According to Polish outlet Fakt, the woman was taken to hospital several times during her four years of captivity for different injuries, including a broken arm and a broken leg.
She eventually broke her silence when she was brought to hospital once again to treat a dislocated shoulder last week where she alerted staff, who then called the police.
WHY SHE WAS INJURED
The woman claimed that she was injured after not meeting his sexual expectations.
The victim, who was also impregnated by her kidnapper, was also taken hospital to give birth, but was forced to give up her child for adoption.
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VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
‘I couldn’t tell the doctors the truth, I was afraid, and he threatened me that if I complained, it would get even worse,’ the victim told the Telegraph.
It is also reported that the suspect would take the woman outside every night and hose her down with cold water.
The woman, then in her 20s, had met the suspect online and had traveled to visit him in the village of Gaiki, near Glogow in western Poland.
