Appeal Court rejects tougher sentence bid in shed slave case
THE suspended jail term handed to a Carlisle man who has been convicted of a modern slavery offence after a vulnerable man was found living in a…
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THE suspended jail term handed to a Carlisle man who has been convicted of a modern slavery offence after a vulnerable man was found living in a…
The Attorney General has responded to a decision by the Court of Appeal not to increase the sentence of a man who exploited a worker who was kept as a slave for 40 years.
Federal agents in talks and discussions with law enforcement here in this country and they will get to the bottom of it, who supported him and where he was travelling. this is context on the bbc. still to come to britons are retiring early them before it is because of the pandemic. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines today. restrictions brought in to curb the spread of omicron in scotland are to be lifted on monday. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, said recent figures showing a fall in infections had given confidence that the country had "turned the corner" on the curr...
France from the uk, as of today. they are now required to show the proof of a negative covid test, pcr or antigen, taken within 48 hours before departure, rather than the 24—hour test required before. rose for unvaccinated travellers remain the same. they have to present a test of less than 24 hours and show a compelling reason and quarantine for ten days on arrival. there is a new travel rules for travel to france just through. a man who exploited a vulnerable victim found living in a squalid shed in cumbria has been sentenced today. peter swaileer, 56, had pleaded guilty at carlisle crown ...
Peter swailes snr. our correspondent luxmy gopal has more on the story. well, this was a horrific case of exploitation. when the man was found, the victim was found in october in 2018, he was found in what was a rotten shed. the court heard that water was leaking through it, and for the five years leading up to 2018, when the man was found, there was no electricity, there was no heating and there was no light in it. and over a0 years, the man had been kept and exploited. he was made to work for very little pay, sometimes as low as £10 a day, and the court heard that he had learning difficulti...