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A JUDGE has started summing up evidence in the long-running trial of three men who deny modern slavery crimes, which allegedly centre on a Carlisle…

A judge has started summing up evidence in the long-running trial of three men who deny modern slavery crimes which allegedly centre on a Carlisle car wash.

Here is a round up of some of the cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court, for the week commencing May 17.

Three men who deny alleged modern day slavery crimes which are said to centre on a Carlisle car wash will not give evidence from the witness box…

Men who deny car wash modern slavery crimes will not give trial evidence Three men who deny alleged modern day slavery crimes which are said to centre on a Carlisle car wash will not give evidence from the witness box during their trial, jurors have been told. Defrim Paci, 42, is accused of operating at the head of a conspiracy which the prosecution say comprised “forced labour and arranging for people to come to the UK with a view to their being exploited” during 2016 and 2017. Paci is in ...

Three men are on trial at the city’s crown court. Brothers Defrim Paci, 42, and 37-year-old Jetmir Paci stand accused, along with Sitar Ali, 33, of modern slavery crimes linked to Shiny, Warwick Road. These were allegedly committed during 2016 and 2017, involving “forced labour and arranging for people to come to the UK with a view to their being exploited”. Three Romanians have already told a jury of working long hours in return for low pay, without protective equipment and livin...

A Carlisle car wash employee has spoken of “slave labour”, and of his boss “whistling” at workers to make them work harder.

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 ...

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...