Tuesday, 17 November 2015

UK Couple Convicted Of Keeping Nigerian As Slave For 24 Years

A doctor and his wife, who is a nurse, have been found guilty of keeping a Nigerian man as a slave for 24 years at their home. Ofonime Sunday Inuk, now 40, told Harrow Crown Court he had arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 1989 when he was 14 and made to look after the couple's home and children.
Emmanuel and Antan Edet, reportedly also from Nigeria, were found guilty of three slavery and cruelty charges, and are due to be sentenced on 18 November.



During the case, Mr Inuk told the court he had been promised an English education, but was instead made to work up to 17 hours a day, eat all his meals alone and have no social interaction with the family.

He was told by the Edets that if he left the house and reported matters to the police he would be arrested as an illegal immigrant and sent back to Nigeria.

Damaris Lakin, speaking for the prosecution, said: "Emanuel and Antan Edet have cruelly robbed this victim of 24 years of his life. They have treated him with complete contempt."

Source; BBC

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