A woman was held captive and raped in a barn for over four years after meeting a suspect dubbed ‘Poland’s Josef Fritzl’ on a dating website, it is claimed.
The 30-year-old victim, only known 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.
Afterwards, she was reportedly held in a disused animal barn, and was subject to regular beatings, rape, and mental abuse.
During her imprisonment, the victim had also been impregnated by the 35-year-old suspect.
A victim, only known as Malgorzata, 30, was imprisoned in a disused barn after meeting a man via a dating website in 2019
The suspect only known as Mateusz J, who denies the charges of mental, physical and sexual abuse, was arrested on August 30
Malgorzata was reportedly held in a disused animal barn, and was subject to regular beatings, rape, and mental abuse
At the time, 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 reports.
‘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.
Prosecutors say Malgorzota had been held captive in a stone barn previously used to house animals, only four metres away from Mateusz J’s unsuspecting neighbours.
They said she had no access to hygiene products, running water, a toilet, electricity or heating during her captivity in the stone structure devoid of light.
They added that he humiliated and controlled the victim, keeping her in complete isolation and only bringing her outside with a hood over her eyes.
Locals described the suspect, who was arrested this week and is facing a 25-year prison sentence for his crimes, as a ‘loner’ and a ‘freak’.
The case has been compared to one of Austria’s most infamous crimes, which saw Josef Fritzl keep his daughter imprisoned beneath his home.
During her four year imprisonment, she also fell pregnant and was forced to give up the child
On one occasion Mateusz J allegedly broke her arm, her leg. Last year, she also previously required surgery for a damage to her anus
The sickening criminal then went on to father seven children with his daughter in the dungeon.
Malgorzata was allegedly taken to hospital on several occasions over the course of her captivity.
On one occasion Mateusz J allegedly broke her arm and her leg.
Last year, she also previously required surgery for damage to her anus after it was left scarred by a stake.
On Tuesday, she was brought to hospital once again for 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.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
