Ring saved mother buried alive, court hears

Leeds: A terrified mother yesterday told a court she used her engagement ring to free herself after being buried alive inside a cardboard box by her boyfriend.

Michelina Lewandowska, 27, was trapped face down in a shallow grave, with soil and a heavy branch on top to stop her escaping.

Despite being entombed in darkness she calmly worked out an escape plan, a jury heard.

Lewandowska told Leeds Crown Court she used the jewelled ring her boyfriend gave her in happier times to cut the parcel tape binding her ankles and help slice the box apart.

After getting her head out into the open she prayed for inspiration, exclaiming: "My God tell me what now."

She shouted for help, but when none came, the exhausted young woman ripped and kicked at the box until she managed to get out. The Polish woman had allegedly been shot with a 300,000 volt Taser stun gun by boyfriend Marcin Kasprzak, 25, and then bound and gagged with tape, helped by his friend Patryk Borys, 18.

She said she believed the men were trying to kill her.

The case continues.

— Daily Mail