Russian woman ‘hacked off husband’s arms and fed them to dogs’

POLICE in Majorca have arrested a Russian woman accused of murdering her husband and feeding his flesh to her pet dog.

Svetlana Batukova, 46, was due to appear in court this afteoon over husband Hans Henkels' grisly murder.

The 66-year-old bled to death after being stabbed in a frenzied attack at their home in the east coast holiday resort of Cala Millor.

His arms had reportedly been cut down to the bone and the alleged killer's Staffordshire Bull Terrier fed strips of his flesh.

ADDICT: Svetlana Batukova was due to appear in court

PET: Svetlana Batukova had been married to Hans Henkels for a few months

Svetlana, a self-confessed cocaine addict, is said to have taken several hours to call police.

She spent the eve of her court appearance in a hospital psychiatric unit after suffering a suspected psychotic episode believed to have been caused by a drink and drugs binge.

Investigators believe the victim, who had recently undergone tracheal surgery and was unable to speak, may have been drugged before his death before he had no defence injuries.

The couple had only married in January after living together for around two years.

Svetlana, from Russia's third largest city Novosibirsk, was an animal lover and regularly posted pictures of her pet dog and cat on her Facebook page.

ROWS: The couple reportedly argued regularly

The couple are said to have rowed regularly and had been visited by police several times prior to Friday's afteoon's incident.

Local reports said the Russian woman had recently offered a man she met in a bar EUROS 50,000 to do away with her husband.

Police were unavailable for comment this afteoon.

The court hearing in Manacor, tennis star Rafa Nadal's home town, was due to take place behind closed doors and Batukova was expected to be remanded in custody afterwards pending an ongoing judicial probe.