A man accused of killing his sister by the order of Satan has made a daring escape in the courtroom through the railing gap from a glass box.
Leonid Greyser, 18, climbed through the roof of the box when he was brought to trial at Shcherbinsky District Court in Moscow.
Shocked bailiffs watched Greyser struggling to squeeze his body through the tiny space before he broke into the courtroom's ceiling.
Footage shows Greyser, who is not handcuffed, attempting to make his way out through the panels before being pulled back by three armed police guards who beat him with batons and grabbed his legs.
They even Tasered him in a desperate bid to stop him from running away.
For several minutes it appears he might have got away.
Eventually he is pulled down losing his trousers in the process.
The man was later detained for two months by a Moscow court after confessing to killing his 21-year-old sister named as Ariada Korol, reported Russian media Life.
Her naked body - shown in police pictures - had multiple stab wounds and “ritual images”.
The corpse was found in the hallway of an apartment block where the pair shared a flat.
A naked Greyser was arrested as he prayed, claiming that Satan or Lucifer made him kill his sister, say reports.
Witnesses said Greyser undressed himself and dyed demonic symbols with blood on his sister’s body and his head before police arrived.
Witnesses claimed that he asked "to free him of Satan”.
In a garbled confession to Russian law enforcement, which did not mention Satan or Lucifer, he was asked why he killed his sister.
“It was necessary. I did what I had to do,” he said.
He claimed he wanted to overcome his own doubts and was aware of his own actions.
"I do not regret,” he said, also telling his interrogator he had “perfect” relations with his sister.
Killing her would “make it better”, he said.
Neighbours told how they heard the woman “screaming” before her body was found.
The pair had been renting an apartment in a suburb known as New Moscow.
Reports said designer drugs were found in the apartment.
