A British woman held as a sex slave in Italy and raped repeatedly by three men managed to escape after calling her family for help, police say.
The victim, from the north of England, originally met Mamadou Jallow, a migrant from Burkino Faso, on Facebook and travelled with him to Rosarno, south-west Italy.
But when she arrived, Jallow, 37, held her against her will, took away her mobile phone and then raped her repeatedly. Two more men, from Mali, also abused her at the house, it has been claimed.
The victim, 39, was only able to escape when she managed to get access to her phone and made a secret call to her family for help. Eventually she escaped through a window and made her way to safety with the help of police.
A British woman held as a sex slave in Italy and raped repeatedly by three men managed to escape after calling her family for help. The victim, from the north of England, originally met one of the men, Mamadou Jallow (pictured), a migrant from Burkino Faso, on Facebook and travelled with him to Rosarno, south-west Italy
Jallow had met the woman though Facebook and travelled to Germany to live with him.
But she revealed that he was forced to flee the country after knifing a rival during a drugs dispute and they ended up in Italy, local media reports.
When they arrived, Jallow emptied her bank account and forced her in to a room at an isolated house and subjected to sex attacks.
After two weeks, she was able to get access to her confiscated phone and made a desperate call to her family.
Jallow is accused of holding the British woman captive and raping her at an isolated house in southern Italy. He was arrested shortly after she escaped
They had already contacted Interpol having not heard from her for several months.
Police traced her mobile to the house, called her and convinced her to flee – giving her directions to follow
Jallow was arrested a short time later, accused of kidnapping, enslavement, aggravated and continued sexual violence and theft.
Two other suspects were also arrested.
A police spokesman said the woman was in a ‘terrible state’. She is recovering from her ordeal in hospital.
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