'You can't go': Woman's hellish life as slave
A woman who was brought to Australia by a Sydney couple, who forced her to work 24 hours a day and restricted who she could see and where she could go, has revealed what her life was like as a slave. Court documents reveal she was threatened against leaving, told she couldn't socialise with others and, when she eventually fled the home, the couple hired a private detective to track her down and bring her back. Joshua and Shiela McAleer, from Rockdale in Sydney's south, have pleaded guilty to a series of charges relating to their treatment of the woman, including conducting a business invol...