A cruel husband who tied his estranged wife to a bed and set off a firework in her vagina because she refused to get back with him has been jailed for 18 years.
The Ukrainian national, named only as 36-year-old Oleksandr S. in the Czech court, had tried to woo back his ex and had persuaded her to visit him in Pilsen.
But, the Prague Supreme Court heard, when she refused to move in with him he carried out a terrifying attack that caused her near fatal blood-loss.
The pair, prosecutor Matin Rykl told judges, had sex at their last meeting and when his wife again refused to come back Oleksandr S. took his horrifying revenge.
Rykl said: ‘The defendant tied his wife with duct tape to prevent her from defending herself.
Oleksandr S, 36, fromUkraine, was sentenced to 18 years in prison after setting off a firework in his wife’s vagina after she refused to get back with him
Oleksandr S. had appealed an earlier sentence from the Pilsen Regional Court
He was also ordered to pay £20,000 compensation to his ex and will be deported from the country when he is freed from jail
‘Then he inserted a firecracker into her genitals and lit it, although he must have known that the firecracker could kill the victim.’
The court heard how his wife suffered appalling injuries and massive blood loss and only survived thanks to the skills of surgeons at University Hospital Pilsen.
In harrowing testimony, his wife, who was not named, told the court: ‘I was thrown on the bed, I was lying on my stomach.
‘He pushed my panties aside and put the firecracker in and then lit it.
‘There was an explosion, my blood was flowing. He then released my mouth and untied me.’
She went on to tell how she begged him to call paramedics but he just tossed her a rag to mop up her blood.
Later, the court heard, he relented and drove her still bleeding heavily to hospital.
Judges dismissed Oleksandra S.’s claim that the explosion was an accident.
He had said: ‘I was at a birthday party when my wife called to say she had come to visit.
‘I went home, cooked a romantic dinner, she took a shower’.
He went on to explain that ‘after the meal, I talked her into sex, even though she didn’t want to go.
‘She lay down on the bed, I tied her up and put a gag and she didn’t resist.’
He added: ‘There was a firecracker in the bag by the bed, I took it out and pushed it in.
‘It seemed funny to me at the time. But she wanted me to pull it out, she screamed, because the gag had come off.
‘It was dark, I wanted to shine a light with a lighter and it set off the firecracker.
‘I was shocked and didn’t know what to do. I was standing there. When I went to pull out the firecracker, it exploded.’
Oleksandr S. had appealed an earlier sentence from the Pilsen Regional Court.
But at a hearing on September 10, the Prague Supreme Court judges confirmed the 18-year jail sentence.
Oleksandr S. was also ordered to pay £20,000 compensation to his ex and will be deported from the country when he is freed from jail.
