Ukrainian heiress bursts into tears as she is detained for two months to stop her fleeing the country after killing five in car accident (Details, pics)

The Ukrainian heiress who killed five and injured six in a horror crash was tonight detained for two months to stop her fleeing the country before her trial.

Alyona Zaitseva, 20, burst into tears as she was detained despite an extraordinary appeal to allow her multi-millionaire father to compensate her victims and their families. Shocking video footage shows the sickening moment her Lexus ploughed into a crowd after she drove through a red light and hit another vehicle at 63mph in central Kharkiv.

The glamorous oligarch's daughter was seen in tears alone in the courtroom cage at the start of a legal process which could see her jailed for a maximum ten years after a crash which left a street in the Ukrainian city looking like a 'war zone' with bodies strewn on a pavement. In an extraordinary message from the dock to the bereaved and injured, the weeping heiress said: 'I am sorry that this situation happened and people suffered.

'This is the only that truly concerns me now. I am hoping that families will allow my parents to help them because this is the worst that could happen. All my thoughts are about it.'

Her lawyer Yulia Kozyr - famous for representing prominent people accused of corruption in Kharkiv - had sought house arrest for her.

But a judge ruled that she must remain in a detention prison for two months pending a criminal investigation into alleged dangerous driving causing deaths and injuries. The court was told that a urine test revealed she had taken cannabis. Ms Zaitseva has declined so far to give testimony on the horrific accident, citing the 63rd article of the Ukrainian constitution, permitting her not to incriminate herself.

But a blood test showed her clear of alcohol and drugs so further analysis was ordered.

Earlier a video appeared to show her smirking in court flanked by policemen. Separate footage suggests she had been racing another car moments before colliding with a VW Touareg, then spun out of control and overturned, ramming into the pedestrians.

The latest new video from Vecherny Kharkiv newspaper shows how victims were killed and then thrown around 70ft along the pavement by the force of the impact. A local MP claimed she had been driving at more than 60mph in her Lexus in an area with a maximum limit of 35 mph, and revealed she had eight previous motoring fines, including four for speeding, two this year.

Anton Gerashchenko, also an advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, said: 'We had a blood and urine test, and opiates were found.'
This will be a significant factor that will influence the court's decisions.'

There will be a second examination. She could either smoke marijuana, or use something else.

He has already publicly called for her to be jailed and warned that her wealthy and powerful family could exert influence to pin the blame elsewhere.'
This factor will complicate the protection of the girl.'

Ahead of the court case, spokesman for the regional prosecutor also expressed the fear that the family could use its wealth to leave Ukraine if the third year sociology student was freed ahead of trial.