Overview

• He pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court to controlling or coercive behaviour plus criminal damage, theft, and assault on a police constable, receiving a 20‑month sentence.
• Prosecutors said he hid toilet paper and forced Katya Aleksova, who was bed‑bound, to hold in bowel movements for up to five days.
• The victim reported more than 400 messages in a few hours, bottles of liquid food thrown at her, and statements that she was considered 'dead' alongside 'mercy kill plus suicide' remarks.
• Police responded to her 999 call on May 14, found her distressed in bed, and arrested him, after which he bit an officer.
• He was re‑arrested while on bail for hotel damage as the defence cited deteriorating mental health and cannabis‑related psychosis in mitigation.