A CONVICTED paedophile who has been chemically castrated is begging for his injections to stop saying "I'm sorry".
Kazakhstan has pioneered tough new laws against all men found guilty of child sex offences.
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Sex offenders spoke on TV about their experience taking the medication Credit: East2West 3
A healthcare professional administers the injection to an inmate Credit: East2West
The chemical castration is carried out by regular injections and will continue after their jail sentences end.
Sex offenders have been interviewed on TV telling about their ordeal as part of a media campaign by the authorities to warn would-be male attackers.
One convict pleaded: "By my example, I want to show men they should not commit such terrible offences.
“I beg those who prescribed me chemical castration - cancel your decision. I am still very young.”
Another said: “I know it’s harmful to my body. I know it will affect my health in future.”
A prisoner named Marat, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for the attempted rape of a child, told how he had had three castration injections so far and it has stopped him from getting erections.
He said: "Everything is really bad in terms of my man's health.
What is chemical castration?
Chemical castration involves using drugs to lower the production of male hormone, androgens, leaving men with no sex drive, erectile dysfunction and sometimes shrinking of their testicles.
A handful of states in the USA have legalised the practice for people who are jailed for sex offences and it’s usually used as a condition of parole.
It's not a one-time treatment, doctors administer the drugs by injection or implants them under your skin.
Depending on the drug and the dose, this must be repeated as often as once a month.
The effects last as long as have the medication. Once you stop, they’re generally reversible and your androgen production should go back to normal.
But there are side effects such as hot flushes and fatigue.
And long term side effects can include osteoporosis, impaired glucose, depression, infertility, anaemia, loss of muscle mass and weight gain.
“I need a sexual life yet nothing works down there. Why castrate me? I admit I'm guilty. But I want to live further. I still have my family and children.”
Another convicted paedo, aged 50, found guilty of raping a schoolgirl, 14, said: “They have sentenced me to 17 years. I was brought here in February this year.
“I have children back home, some of them are minors. Now they say I will face castration.”
After the first castrations in Kazakhstan, one man said he was left “aching so badly”.
A child rapist said: “It is incredibly difficult, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.”
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He called for a ban on the “barbaric” procedure.
Kazakhstan’s no-tolerance policy includes publishing pictures, names and addresses of all child sex attackers after their release from jail.
But the castration laws only apply to those convicted after the laws came into effect.
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A healthcare professional gets the medication ready for an inmate Credit: East2West