Backpacker kidnapped, raped and held in pig shed speaks out
A Belgian backpacker who was kidnapped and raped by a South Australian pig farmer has spoken to media for the first time of her horrifying ordeal.
In March, Gene Charles Bristow, who ran a farm in Meningie,150km southeast of Adelaide, was jailed for 18 years.
Bristow answered an ad posted on Gumtree in 2017 by a 24-year-old woman in search of farm work. Instead, Bristow kidnapped and shackled her.
The 24-year-old, known as Davine, has spoken of her ordeal with Nine’s 60 Minutes which will air on Sunday.
In a promo, the Belgian tells the program how she survived Bristow.
“I thought, ‘This is it. This is where I'm going to die,’” Davine says.
She adds how while in chains Bristow told her to “stay still”.
“I was struggling and he put something against my back. He said it was a gun,” she says.
Davine will also reveal how she outsmarted her captor and managed to break free.
Bristow will be eligible for parole in 2029.
With AAP
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