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Traveller family convicted of servitude and forced labour

Four members of an Irish traveller family have been found guilty of servitude and forced labour....

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16.57 11 Jul 2012

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Traveller family convicted of servitude and forced labour

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style="text-align: left;">Four members of an Irish traveller family have been found guilty of servitude and forced labour.

Tommy Senior, James-John, Patrick, and Josie Connors were convicted of controlling, exploiting, verbally abusing and beating the men for financial gain at a caravan site in Bedfordshire.

Seven members of the family have been on trial for the last 13 weeks at Luton Crown Court.

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