A woman who was held captive and raped in a barn in Poland for more than four years by a man she met online was hospitalised and doused with cold water if she did not comply with his demands, it has emerged.
The 30-year-old victim, known only as Malgorzata, met Mateusz J in 2019 through a dating website and was reportedly held in an abandoned animal shed, where he was regularly abused, raped and mentally abused for four years.
According to the Polish news agency Fakt, The woman was taken to hospital several times during her four years in captivity for various injuries, including a broken arm and a broken leg.
She finally broke her silence when she was taken back to hospital last week to have a dislocated shoulder treated. She alerted staff, who then called the police.
The woman claimed she was injured because she did not meet his sexual expectations.
A victim, identified only as Malgorzata, 30, was jailed in an abandoned barn after meeting a man through a dating site in 2019
The suspect, known only as Mateusz J, who denies allegations of mental, physical and sexual abuse, was arrested on August 30
Malgorzata was reportedly kept in an abandoned animal stable and was regularly abused, raped and mentally abused.
The victim, who had also been impregnated by her kidnapper, was also taken to hospital to give birth, but was forced to give up her child for adoption.
“I couldn’t tell the doctors the truth, I was scared, and he threatened me that if I complained it would get worse,” the victim told the Telegraph.
The suspect is also said to have taken the woman outside every evening and sprayed her with cold water.
The woman, then in her 20s, had met the suspect online and had traveled to the village of Gaiki, near Glogow in western Poland, to visit him.
According to Fakt, the victim was genuinely in love with Mateusz, who took her from Leszno, where she lived.
She had left her children from a previous relationship with her parents when she went to visit Mateusz, but she did not return.
Prosecutors said Malgorzota was held captive in a stone barn previously used to house animals, just four metres away from Mateusz J.’s unsuspecting neighbours.
They said that while captive in the stone structure with no light, she had no access to hygiene products, running water, a toilet, electricity or heating.
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 describe the suspect, who was arrested this week and faces up to 25 years in prison for his crimes, as a “loner” and a “freak”.
The case has been compared to one of Austria’s most notorious crimes, when Josef Fritzl locked his daughter under his house.
During her four years of captivity she also became pregnant and was forced to give up the child
Mateusz J is said to have broken her arm and leg. Last year she also needed surgery for damage to her anus.
The disgusting criminal then had seven children with his daughter in the dungeon.
Malgorzata was reportedly taken to hospital several times during her captivity.
Mateusz J is said to have broken her arm and leg at one point.
Last year she also had to undergo surgery on her anus because a scar had been caused by a pole.
Mateusz J, who denies any wrongdoing, was arrested on August 30 and charged with mental, physical and sexual abuse.