Convicted Kazakh paedophile says he aches so badly he struggles to walk after chemical castration

A paedophile sentenced to chemical castration has spoken of his horror at the punishment which left him 'aching so badly' he could hardly walk.

The unnamed convict was jailed for a decade and a half in Kazakhstan - where the age of consent is 16 - for raping an underage girl.

Details of the man's identity were not revealed but he spoke of undergoing chemical castration which is now mandatory for life for convicted paedophiles in the ex-Soviet republic.

'It is incredibly difficult, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy,' said the rapist, after undergoing the first injection to reduce his libido.

Kazakhstan said this week that it had chemically castrated 11 convicted paedophiles since a new law came into force in 2018. The country is using Cyproterone, a steroidal anti-androgen developed for fighting cancer to castrate the offenders, according to reports [File photo]

'I am pleading for help, and I want to appeal to everyone so that chemical castration is cancelled.'

The man said he wanted to have a family when he is released from prison.

'I still hope to go back home, to continue my life,' he said.

'I want to have a family, I want to have children.

'My body is aching so badly after the injection that I struggle to walk, and it is scary.'

Kazakhstan has used chemical castration on 11 convicted paedophiles since a new law came into force in 2018, the country revealed this week.

His description of chemical castration has been apparently issued as a warning to potential child sex offenders.

Funds have been allocated for the procedure to initially be used on 88 child sex attackers.

Kazakhstan purchased stocks of Cyproterone, a steroidal anti-androgen developed for fighting cancer, to use for chemical castration of paedophiles, according to reports.

The law applies to child sex offenders aged between 18 and 65.

Nurse Zoya Manaenko administers an injection to a convicted paedophile as part of the process of chemical castration. Manaenko supports the dramatic punishment, saying: 'These people need to be stopped somehow ... They commit terrible crimes against children. So it is right that the law allows this'

A nurse and grandmother tasked with castrating paedophiles in one Kazakh jail claims the West should also follow the ex-Soviet state's example.

Zoya Manaenko, 68, insists it is right that child sex attackers should face this ultimate punishment.

'These people need to be stopped somehow,' said Manaenko who works in a prison hospital.

'They commit terrible crimes against children. So it is right that the law allows this.'

But Russian psychiatrist Mikhail Pervushin claimed that chemically castrated paedophiles, once released from jail, can become even more dangerous.

Such people are 'mentally ill' and by blocking their sexual desire, they may instead kill, he said.

'The big question is how these paedophiles will be tested for such a danger,' he said.