Dad who made paedo pal who raped daughter, 6, dig his own grave is jailed for 18 months after murder charge dropped

A DISTRAUGHT dad who forced his paedo pal to dig his own grave in revenge for raping his six-year-old daughter has been jailed for 18 months after the murder charge was dropped. The father had been accused of knifing former friend Oleg Sviridov, 32, to death after discovering graphic footage on his pal’s mobile phone of him sexually abusing his daughter. East2WestOleg Sviridov was forced to dig his own grave by his friend after he found footage of him abusing his daughter[/caption] East2WestThe devastated dad was accused of making Sviridov dig his own grave before stabbing him[/caption] But investigators concluded that Sviridov took his own life during the forest fracas in which the dad made clear his fury after finding the harrowing clip. Child sex abuser Sviridov died following a fight with the fuming father, who secretly buried his corpse in an unmarked grave. The father was initially held on suspicion of murder but this triggered a public outcry in Russia – and the charge was dropped. He was this week convicted of  “inciting” his friend “to suicide” by Krasnoglinsky Court in Samara. Read More on The Sun 'SOULMATES' Tom Parker's tearful wife relives moment they met and their best day at funeral HAZ A NERVE Harry reveals he wants the ‘right people’ around the Queen to ‘protect’ her Their close friendship broke down when the father found sickening and graphic footage on his friend’s mobile showing Sviridov forcing his daughter to perform a sex act on him. The girl was just six when the explicit sex abuse footage was filmed on Sviridov’s phone. His daughter, now nine, was heard pleading:  “Oleg, that’s enough, I can’t take it anymore. I want to go home”. The dad, a former rocket engine factory worker, could have been jailed for 15 years if he had been charged with murder. Most read in The Sun BABY ON WAY TOWIE star Nicole Bass expecting first child with mystery boyfriend RACE ROW Love Island fans slam Rebecca Gormley for ‘cultural appropriation’ after new hair LOVELY JUBBLY! Only Fools and Horses' Raquel and Cassandra unrecognisable on Loose Women still in love Love Island winners deny split after worrying fans by spending Easter apart LET LOOSE Huge row erupts on Loose Women over Meghan and Harry returning to UK for Jubilee RANG THE CHANGES Rangnick warns all Man Utd stars bar ONE are at risk of axe in overhaul There was a wave of public support in Samara region for the devastated dad after he was linked to the killing of paedophile Sviridov, and the case was highlighted around the world. Locals in village Pribrezhnoye raised money for his initial legal fees.  A petition signed by 2,500 people demanded that he should be fully acquitted.  They  supported  him for “saving our children by ridding us of a child sex attacker”. Prominent TV journalist and former Russian presidential candidate  Ksenia Sobchak told her followers: “All parents are standing up for the paedophile’s killer.” Unusually, the father was held under  house arrest not in detention pending the trial.  He was charged “inciting a person to suicide … by threats or abuse”.  Source close to the case said that detailed forensic evidence showed that the dad had not stabbed Sviridov in a forest where the dead man’s body was found later in the  makeshift grave.  There are claims Sviridov was given an ultimatum to go to the police and confess to sexually abusing the girl, or face the father’s wrath.  A relative said Sviridov was seen badly beaten on the day in September 2021 he disappeared, more than a week before his body was found in the makeshift grave near Vintai village.  Two other children in the village are feared to have been abused by Sviridov. “We were all very sad and upset after hearing the verdict in court,” said Oksana Kazakova, 43, a family friend of the dad and Sviridov’s ex-girlfriend, whose daughter was also allegedly abused. “Everyone was hoping that Slava would get a suspended sentence, but he got 18 months. “We were shocked. “Of course, we understand that he could have received a far longer sentence. “And 18 months is not much time. We really hope that he will get a presidential pardon at the end of the year.  “That would be a huge blessing for all his friends and family.”