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An alleged paedophile cannibal and a 12-year-old girl axed a young man to death before cooking and eating his body parts, it is claimed.
The 22-year-old male suspect allegedly admitted a sexual relationship with the child, who is accused of taking part in the killing and dismemberment.
He described the youngster - who had been reported missing by her parents 10 days earlier in Sochi, Russia - as his "girlfriend," it is claimed.
The unnamed pair had allegedly “cooked the brains” of Alexander Popovich whose severed head was found in the oven of an apartment in Novinka village, 60 miles from St Petersburg, where the victim lived.
A shocking video released by the Russian Investigative Committee - in charge of probing serious crime - showed the messy bloodstained ground floor flat and the victim’s body parts covered in a white quilt.