Father In Russia Who Killed Pedophile Friend After Discovering Footage Of Him Raping His 8-Year-Old Daughter Should Not Face Murder Charge According To Locals

A father in Russia has been detained for the murder of a pedophile who raped his 8-year-old daughter.

The child abuser, Oleg Sviridov, 32, kept an archive on his phone with footage showing the abuse of children in Samara region's Vintai village in Russia.

Vyacheslav M, 34, a rocket engine factory worker, was a friend of Sviridov and they were out together drinking when Vyacheslav came across footage on Sviridov's phone, showing him raping his now 9-year-old daughter. The father then confronted Sviridov, who ran away.

Sviridov had baby-sat and abused Vyacheslav's daughter on multiple occasions.

Upon the discovery of the footage, Vyacheslav went straight to the police to report the rapes. A manhunt for Sviridov was then launched.

However, the father tracked down the pedophile before the police and stabbed him to death.

Following the discovery of the body, Vyacheslav was detained. The case is now under further investigation.

Criminal cases concerning the sexual abuse of three children filmed on Sviridov's phone have been opened. Among the rapes filmed, besides Vyacheslav's daughter, two more victims have been identified, a 6-year-old and 11-year-old girl.

The dates of the filmed videos indicate that the abuse of the children was ongoing for the past five years.

Locals of the Vintai village and people commenting online demand the release of Vyacheslav and the drop of the murder charge.

One local said:

"He is not a murderer - he protected his daughter and our children too Everyone is on his side."

Ksenia Sobchak, TV journalist and former Russian presidential candidate, told her followers:

"All parents are standing up for the paedophile's killer."

Another commenter, Anna Plekhanova said:

"If the crime is proven by video facts, then is the girl's father wrong?Any normal parent, mother or father, would have torn apart such a paedophile right on the spot. Protecting children is the direct responsibility of parents."

Sviridov's mother said that her son had often babysitted Vyacheslav's children and the two men had been friends for a long time.

She said:

"I don't know how it got to this. He must have been drunk. Most likely he was drunk. They left their children with him all the time. When he baby-sat these girls he came back home as normal, in a good mood."

[h/t: Daily Mail]