A Ukrainian father who allegedly filmed himself raping his own baby daughter and sold sickening child porn to an Australian website will remain behind bars for two months while criminal proceedings against him begin.
The 27-year-old man from the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine was arrested in a dramatic early morning raid after a tip-off from Australian authorities.
He faces charges relating the distribution of child pornography and raping a child.
Police have arrested a man (centre) who they allege raped his eight-month-old daughter and took pictures which he sold on Australian porn websites
He was jailed for two months on Friday while criminal proceedings commenced.
The man reportedly believed he would never be identified because he was selling the images of his eight-month-old daughter on Australian porn websites.
Information was provided to the Ukrainian national police by their Australian colleagues.
Police allege the father raped his infant daughter while taking pictures on his smartphone.
He was arrested in a dramatic early morning raid at his home while his family were still sleeping, and pictures of his arrest were then released online by police.
He was arrested in an early morning raid at his home while his family were still sleeping, and pictures of his arrest were then released online by police
One of the pictures shows the suspect dressed only in his underwear. Another one shows a woman and a child.
Vitaly Chubaevsky, deputy chief of the Ukrainian national cyber police department, said: ‘The man was raping his child when the mother was away or was working in the garden.’
The mother only learned about what was happening with her daughter from the police and has became the most important witness in the case after she was horrified at what her husband had done, reports said.
The 27-year-old father is a former soldier, who was unable to work properly after he was injured in 2014 in Eastern Ukraine.
The mother only learned about what was happening with her daughter from the police and has became the most important witness in the case after she was horrified at what her husband had done, reports said
‘The man’s smartphone is full of evidence. We found it hidden in the baby’s room among her toys,’ a police spokesman said.
The pictures were circulated on Australian and Russian porn websites and were noticed by Australian cyber police, who liaised with their Ukrainian colleagues.
Ukrainian police confiscated the suspect’s smartphone along with his computer, which were sent for examination.
The suspect faces 15 years behind bars if found guilty of raping his baby daughter.
Ukrainian police confiscated the suspect’s smartphone along with his computer, which were sent for examination