A CHILLING picture reveals the shallow grave a paedo had to dig before he was forced to kill himself.
Oleg Sviridov, 32, was knifed and then forced to dig his own grave by his pal Vyacheslav Matrosov, 35.
Matrosov had previously discovered graphic footage on Sviridov's phone of him sexually abusing his six-year-old daughter.
A harrowing image shows the shallow grave the 32-year-old dug after he was led to a Russian forest near the Vintai village by his pal.
He died soon afterwards following the fight with Matrosov, who secretly buried his corpse in an unmarked grave.
At first, the dad was held on suspicion of murder but it was later dropped.
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Investigators concluded that Sviridov took his own life in the forest.
Matrosov, a former rocket engine factory worker was convicted of "inciting" his friend "to suicide" by Krasnoglinsky Court in Samara, back in April.
Residents of the village of Pribrezhnoye branded the dad a "hero" and raised funds for his initial legal fees.
Locals also started a petition to demand he should be acquitted and spared jail after admitting to the killing.
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They supported him for "saving our children by ridding us of a child sex attacker".
According to forensic evidence, Matrosov had not stabbed Sviridov in a forest where his body was found later in the makeshift grave, sources have claimed.
The pair were drinking when the dad checked the video his friend had been secretly watching on his smartphone.
It is believed Sviridov was given an ultimatum to dig his own grave or go to the police and confess to sexually abusing the girl.
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A relative said Sviridov was seen badly beaten on the day he disappeared, over a week before his body was found.
Another two kids in the village are feared to have been abused by Sviridov.
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