A woman was held captive and raped in a barn for more than four years after meeting a suspect nicknamed “Josef Fritzl from Poland” on a dating website, it is claimed.
The 30-year-old victim, known only as Malgorzata, met Mateusz J in 2019 after connecting on the dating site.
The woman, then in her 20s, travelled to visit him in the village of Gaiki, near Glogow in western Poland.
She was then reportedly held in a disused animal stable and subjected to regular beatings, rape and psychological abuse.
During her imprisonment, the victim had also been impregnated by the 35-year-old suspect.
One victim, known only as Malgorzata, 30, was imprisoned in an abandoned barn after meeting a man through a dating website in 2019.
The suspect, known only as Mateusz J, who denies charges of mental, physical and sexual abuse, was arrested on August 30.
Malgorzata was reportedly held in a disused animal stable and subjected to regular beatings, rape and psychological abuse.
At that point, he took the victim to a nearby hospital to give birth, where she was forced to give up her child for adoption. local news outlet myGlogow information.
“I couldn’t tell the doctors the truth, I was scared, and he threatened me that if I complained, it would be even worse,” the victim said. Telegraph.
Prosecutors say Malgorzota had been held captive in a stone barn previously used to house animals, just four metres from Mateusz J’s unsuspecting neighbours.
They said he had no access to hygiene products, running water, a bathroom, electricity or heating during his captivity in the unlit stone structure.
They added that he humiliated and controlled the victim, keeping her in complete isolation and only taking her outside with a hood over her eyes.
Locals described the suspect, who was arrested this week and faces a 25-year prison sentence for his crimes, as a “loner” and a “weirdo.”
The case has been compared to one of Austria’s most infamous crimes, when Josef Fritzl held his daughter prisoner beneath his house.
During her four years in prison, she also became pregnant and was forced to give up the child.
Mateusz J allegedly broke an arm and a leg on one occasion. Last year, she also had to undergo surgery for an anal injury.
The disgusting criminal later fathered seven children with his daughter in the dungeon.
Malgorzata was reportedly taken to hospital several times during her captivity.
On one occasion Mateusz J allegedly broke his arm and leg.
Last year, he also needed prior surgery for damage to his anus after a stake left him scarred.
She was taken back to hospital on Tuesday with a dislocated shoulder, where she alerted staff, who then called the police.
Mateusz J, who has denied any wrongdoing, was arrested and charged with mental, physical and sexual abuse on August 30.
