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UK police: Not looking for other suspects or victims in slavery case

British police investigating alleged slavery and domestic servitude at a house in London are not ...
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15.22 21 Nov 2013


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UK police: Not looking for oth...

UK police: Not looking for other suspects or victims in slavery case

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Newstalk

15.22 21 Nov 2013


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British police investigating alleged slavery and domestic servitude at a house in London are not looking for any more suspects or victims. Officers arrested two people after three women, including an Irish woman, aged between 30 and 69 were rescued from a house in south London.

The two pensioners, both 67, have since been released on bail after they were questioned on suspicion of keeping the women as slaves for more than 30 years.

Meanwhile the Migrants Rights Centre says forced labour is a reality in Ireland. The Pat Kenny Show, hosted by Shane Coleman, spoke to the Director of the Migrant Rights Centre Siobhan O'Donaghue.

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Telegraph reporter Gordon Rayner told Newstalk Breakfast earlier that police are finding it difficult to extract information from the very traumatised and frightened women, which may have led to the release of the suspects on bail.

The inquiry into the women was launched after one alleged victim told a charity she had been held against her will.

Scotland Yard said the Freedom Charity, which advises and support victims of forced marriages or honour-based violence, got in touch after they received a call following a TV documentary.

Further inquiries by police revealed the location of the house and with the help of sensitive negotiations conducted by the charity, the three women were rescued.


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