British prisoner tortured with ABBA playing 24 hours a day while held in Russia

Shaun Pinner was pressured to take heed to pop songs 24 hours a day (Image: Rex/EPA)

A British prisoner captured by Russians in Ukraine has revealed they pressured him to take heed to ABBA 24 hours a day.

Shaun Pinner, 48, who was launched in a prisoner alternate organised by Saudi Arabia, stated he was stabbed, electrocuted and made to take heed to the Mamma Mia soundtrack.

He was additionally solely given stale bread and soiled water to outlive on.

After being sentenced to loss of life by the Russian courts in June, Mr Pinner was moved to a distinct cell however the music torture continued.

He informed The Solar: ‘The circumstances have been higher however they nonetheless performed music – and this time it was Consider by Cher.

‘We had our darkish days and I cried quite a bit. We needed to cling on to some sort of hope and that’s how I survived.

‘The previous six months have been the worst days of my life. I by no means need to take heed to an ABBA tune once more or see a loaf of bread. I simply am so fortunate to be dwelling.’

Mr Pinner is now again dwelling together with his household in Potton, Bedfordshire.

Mr Pinner has revealed Russian officers used music as a type of torture (Image: S Meddle/ITV/Shutterstock)

The 48-year-old described his time in jail because the ‘worst days of his life’ (Image: e2w)

One other 9 international detainees have been additionally freed within the secretive deal between Russia and Ukraine, together with Aiden Aslin, 28, who stated he was stabbed, overwhelmed and compelled to take heed to Soviet songs.

Mr Aslin’s battalion surrendered throughout the siege of Mariupol in April and have been taken to Donetsk, the place he was subjected to excessive interrogation.

He stated: ‘The officer was smoking a cigarette and knelt down in entrance of me to ask, “have you learnt who I'm? I'm your loss of life”.

The Russian beat him and stabbed him within the again, asking whether or not he needed a ‘fast loss of life or a stupendous loss of life’.

Aiden Aslin (left) was pressured to take heed to Soviet music, slightly than ABBA (Image: EPA)

Shaun Pinner had stale bread and soiled water to outlive on (Image: ITV)

After discovering out he had been sentenced to loss of life, Mr Aslin stated he needed to cry however couldn’t, because it was a ‘matter of surviving’.

He stated: ‘Your life is within the palms of those individuals and also you do what they inform you to do otherwise you undergo the implications.’

It has been revealed Roman Abramovich, the previous proprietor of Chelsea Soccer Membership, helped safe the discharge of the prisoners.

He welcomed Mr Pinner and Mr Aslin onto his personal jet, alongside John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill.

The lads have been fed steaks and given iPhones to name their households as they flew to Saudi Arabia.

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