Car wash trial gets underway at Carlisle Crown Court
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....
Source: newsandstar.co.uk