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TRIAL: Carlisle Crown Court A Carlisle car wash worker claimed he had no breaks during busy periods, suffered “cracked hands” from cleaning chemicals and slept on a mattress “full of bugs” in “very dirty” staff accommodation. At the city’s crown court yesterday, the man became the third employee to give evidence from the witness box in the trial of three men who deny alleged modern slavery crimes. These centre on Shiny hand car wash, Warwick Road, and were allegedly committed ...

1/1 A crown court jury has heard from a Romanian worker who said he was paid £20 for a nine-day stint at a Carlisle car wash business. The man was giving evidence in the case of three men accused of conspiring to force Romanian nationals to perform “forced labour". The defendants – Sitar Ali, 33, Defrim Paci, 42, and Jetmir Paci, 37 – all deny offences arising out of events at the city’s Warwick Road Shiny Car Wash business. They are accused of conspiring, betwe...

He was in charge of wiping off cars and operating jet washes. Asked what else was used to clean vehicles, he replied: “Shampoo, acid and another substance. First of all, we were spraying a blue clear substance.” He continued: “Then the acid was sprayed onto the wheels of the cars. It was a very toxic substance. ADVERTISEMENT “When it made contact with the water there was a lot of steam released, and it would make you feel hot. I was coughing an awful lot.” Asked whether he told boss ...

Submitting... Brothers Defrim (left) and Jetmir Paci deny the modern slavery charges The city business was managed by Ali, whose responsibilities included daily treatment of staff, their wages and payment for their transport to this country, plus their accommodation and rent collection.‬ ‪“It is the prosecution case that the circumstances created by the defendants led to the freedom of these workers effectively being over-ridden,” Mr Reid alleged, “and that they were compelled to work...

BBC News Published image captionThree men are accused of using modern-day slaves to run the Shiny car wash in Carlisle A car wash worker was unable to stand because water had "eaten away at his feet" when he worked nine days in a row without proper equipment, a jury heard. The 39-year-old Romanian national said was given just £20 in his first pay packet at Shiny on Warwick Road, Carlisle, during early 2017. He was also left "very tired" and hungry, Carlisle Crown Court was told. Three men, Si...

A car wash employee has told a jury he was left very tired, hungry and with just £20 in his first pay packet as he worked nine days in a row for a Carlisle business at the centre of modern slavery allegations. At the city’s crown court today, a second Romanian national who was employed at Shiny on Warwick Road, during early 2017, gave evidence during the trial of three men who deny alleged involvement in forced labour and arranging for people to come to the UK with a view to their being exp...

Car wash workers bought gloves from Tesco to protect hands, modern slavery trial hears An employee of a Carlisle car wash at the centre of alleged modern slavery crimes has told a jury of working long hours for little pay, and having buy gloves from Tesco to protect his hands from cleaning chemicals. Giving evidence at the city’s crown court today, the man recalled paying a company 150 euros to transport him by coach from his native Romania to Carlisle in 2016. You may also like After a two-d...

1/1 An employee of a Carlisle car wash at the centre of alleged modern slavery crimes has told a jury of working long hours for little pay – and having to buy gloves from Tesco to protect his hands from cleaning chemicals. Giving evidence at the city’s crown court today, the man recalled paying a company 150 euros to transport him by coach from his native Romania to Carlisle in 2016. After a two-day journey he arrived on a Sunday, was housed in multi-occupancy accommod...

BBC News Published image captionThree men are accused of using modern-day slaves to run the Shiny car wash in Carlisle A man alleged to have been held as a modern-day slave was made to work at a car wash seven days a week and sleep in cramped conditions with 11 other people, a court has heard. He said he was made to work after paying a company €150 (£130) to bring him to the UK in 2016. Three men deny modern-day slavery charges. The man said he arrived in Carlisle on a Sunday after a two-da...

Credit: ITV News An employee of a Carlisle car wash at the centre of alleged modern slavery crimes has told a jury of working long hours for little pay, and having to buy gloves from a supermarket to protect his hands from cleaning chemicals. Giving evidence at the city’s crown court on Friday the man recalled paying a company 150 euros to transport him by coach from his native Romania to Carlisle in 2016. After a two-day journey he arrived on a Sunday, was housed in multi-occupancy accommo...