FIVE women were kept as slaves for 20 years by an evil sect leader.

He forced them to build him and his wife a house and chapel while they lived in a tiny ramshackle shed without heat, light or water.

Police are now believed to be questioning the victims about sexual abuse at the hands of Jiri Adam, 74.

He was held after one fled to find a doctor in Brno in the Czech Republic.

Cop Oldrich Kriz said: Id compare the womens state to that of World War Two concentration camp victims.

Adam is thought to have brutalised and brainwashed the women, all now pensioners, making them sign over £1million in property and cash.

They worked from dawn to dusk, laying bricks and making stone paths for tractors on his vineyard.

They ate just bread and water, with a spoon of honey for supper.

In winter he gave them only old coats for blankets.


And he raged at a concerned neighbour: We dont need God here. Im God.

Adam now faces slavery and sex charges.

His sect was said to be based on the secretive Grail Movement, with 10,000 followers worldwide including hundreds in Britain.