Servitude trial
A family of travellers are in court accused of slavery offences carried out at Green Acres caravan site in Little Billington. Seven members of the Connors family are said to have kept vulnerable men as slaves.
A family of travellers are in court accused of slavery offences carried out at Green Acres caravan site in Little Billington. Seven members of the Connors family are said to have kept vulnerable men as slaves.
The prosecution has finished outlining its case for the trial of seven members of the same family who are accused of holding vulnerable men and forcing them to work for nothing.
Thomas Connors together with his four sons, daughter and son-in-law deny charges of inflicting servitude and forced labour. The trial will resume on Monday.
Two members of a travelling family were branded violent, cold-hearted exploiters by a judge for forcing vulnerable men to work for them.
Four members of a travelling family from Bedfordshire have been found guilty of forcing vulnerable men to live in servitude
Prosecutors say dozens of homeless people, were exploited by the Connors family, at their caravan site near Leighton Buzzard.