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Stockholm: A man who allegedly kept a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported.
The man, who denied all charges, was suspected of having kept his common-law wife imprisoned since 1999 in a cabin measuring 15 square metres in a small community near the town of Eksjo.
The woman, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, weighed less than 40 kilos when she was admitted to hospital earlier this week, it was reported.
The woman was said to be in a stable condition and the court remanded her partner in custody on Friday, ordering that he be given a psychiatric examination.
In another twist to the case, authorities have not been able to verify the identity of the 58-year-old man. The identity he provided to the police was that of a man who was declared dead eight years ago, according to official records.
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