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1/1 THE alleged leader of a criminal plot to exploit Carlisle car wash workers viewed an online newspaper article reporting an immigration visit to the site while he was in Slovenia, a jury has heard. Three men are on trial at the city’s crown court. Defrim Paci, 42, his 37-year-old brother Jetmir Paci and Sitar Ali, aged 33, all stand accused of modern slavery crimes involving Romanian nationals who worked at the Shiny hand car wash in Warwick Road during 2016 and 2017. Defrim Paci is alleged by the prosecution to have “operated at the top of the conspiracy”, havi...

Trio in court accused of Carlisle car wash modern slavery crimes Three men have gone on trial facing modern slavery allegations which centre on a Carlisle car wash and men who were transported from abroad to work there.‬ Defrim Paci, 42, his 37-year-old brother Jetmir Paci and Sitar Ali, aged 33, all stand accused of involvement in the exploitation of Romanian nationals who worked at the Warwick Road business during 2016 and 2017.‬ ‪Prosecutor Martin Reid told a Carlisle Crown Court jury today: “This case is all about forced labour and arranging for people to come to the UK with a vie...

Accused: Jetmir Paci EMPLOYEES at a Carlisle car wash were burned by chemicals and “compelled to work long hours in bad conditions for little pay” during alleged exploitation after being transported to the city from abroad, a court heard. ‪Defrim Paci, 42, his brother Jetmir Paci, 37, and Sitar Ali, aged 33, all stand accused of modern slavery crimes committed against Romanian nationals at Shiny, Warwick Road, during 2016 and 2017.‬ ‪Prosecutor Martin Reid told a Carlisle Crown Court jury: “This case is all about forced labour and arranging for people to come to the UK with ...

BBC News Published image captionBrothers Defrim and Jetmir Paci each deny two offences Three men ran a modern day slavery ring at a car wash, a jury has heard. Workers at Carlisle's Shiny car wash suffered chemicals burns and were made to live in dirty, rat-infested homes, Carlisle Crown Court was told. Brothers Defrim and Jetmir Paci, 42 and 37, and Sitar Ali, 33, deny exploiting Romanian nationals at the Warwick Road business during 2016 and 2017. Prosecutors said the case involved arranging for people to come to the UK to be exploited. Prosecutor Martin Reid said ‪Defrim Paci "operated a...

Denials: Sitar Ali, left, and Defrim Paci, who deny 'forced labour' allegations Three men have gone on trial at Carlisle Crown Court accused of conspiring to force Romanian nationals to perform ‘forced labour’. The three men involved - Sitar Ali, 33, Defrim Paci, 42, and Jetmir Paci, 37 - have all pleaded not guilty to offences arising out of events at the city’s Warwick Road Shiny Car Wash business. The three men deny conspiring, between January, 2016, and June of the following year, to require their employees to perform “forced or compulsory labour” at the car wash business....