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was electro-shocked via an electric fence located in a nearby sheep pasture; had liquor poured down his throat via a funnel, a vacuum cleaner hose placed onto his penis, and was forced to lie naked in the snow and endure snow shoveled onto him. One particular incident recalled by Niina involved Bobby
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