Held him as a commodity, threatened to bind him with a chain. Neighbors: ‘We are shocked, otherwise they are good …’

We are all in shock. I can’t believe what was happening to me in the neighborhood, who knows how many people there are. Otherwise, they are good, I can’t believe something like this has been revealed, a neighbor from Novi Zagreb told us immediately after reading the news of the incredible case of slavery in her street.

At the center of the story is Christian G. (33), who, as the police suspect, held a year of older acquaintance of imprisoned for four months and forced him to work and commit crimes – all for a debt of 2000 euros.

The house where this horror was happening is located on a quiet street in Novi Zagreb. Behind the high black fence hides a dilapidated house with a parked car and a dog that, according to neighbors, is constantly monitoring the entrance. Although it smoked from the chimney of the house, no one opened the door for us.

Kristijan G., we learned from a source close to the investigation, met the victim in a prison in prison. They soon began to card, and the victim fell into a gambling debt. When they went out, Christian took advantage of the situation and forced the man to sign the recognition of the debt and began to exploit it.

Police doubt That the suspect limited his freedom of movement to the injured party, forced him to build construction work on his house and threatened to seduce him with a chain if he did not obey. In addition to his physical work, he made the victim steal in shopping centers across Zagreb, Zabok, Karlovac, Križevci and Bjelovar, but also to cheat people at the tele -operators’ branches.

Fortunately, the man managed to escape on Wednesday, April 9, and reported everything to the police. A few days lasted the search for a 33-year-old and ended up in custody after his arrest and investigation.

« The victim executed orders out of fear for his life, and the suspect took the alienated objects for himself, » the police report reads.

This is not the first time Kristijan G. has been using vulnerable persons for criminal activity. According to unofficial information, he had previously attracted people with criminal files or severe life circumstances. In the previous case, the victim and he ended up in a prison and was transferred. According to one of the earlier verdicts, it is evident that nine people from Podravina fooled for around HRK 230,000.

Due to the seriousness of the criminal offenses, the judge decided to keep Christian in custody. He is thought to be able to repeat the crime, and there is also a suspicion that he could try to influence the witness.