Current Events > UK family convicted for keeping slaves for up to 26 years.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/11/uk-family-convicted-for-keeping-slaves-for-up-to-18-years/

Members of an extended family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring which kept one of its captives in "truly shocking" conditions for decades.

Vulnerable people were forced to work for the family for little or no wages, while their pay-masters lived a life of lavish luxury.

The 11 gang-members, convicted of fraud and slavery charges, enjoyed holidays to Barbados and cosmetic surgery and even shelled out on a Manchester United soccer school, earned off the backs of their workers.

Operating from sites in Lincolnshire, they targeted victims who were homeless, had learning disabilities or complex drug and alcohol issues.

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Members of the family would go looking for victims on the streets, hostels and shelters, offering work for food and accommodation.

But at sites in Drinsey Nook and Washingborough, the offers of fair work for fair pay were exposed as lies.

However, it was through false promises, drugs, alcohol and violence, family members made sure they kept their victims "financially-trapped" and under total control.

Labourers were forced to live in shabby run-down caravans, or in stables next to kennels, with little or no access to basics such as heating, water and toilets.

Some were forced to squat in woods behind their living areas, while electricity was "dangerously" tapped from a nearby pylon.

In all, 18 men were forced to work at the sites or for the Rooneys' businesses, repairing properties and tarmacking drives.

Most told how they were never given safety equipment or the right clothing.

The police said victims were also "poorly fed" and often went hungry - or were given the "family's left-overs", even though they were worked for hours on hard, manual tasks.

If victims complained, the gang would say they still owed money and would claim more labour to pay off the bogus debts.

The heartless gang provided alcohol and drugs as part of what prosecutors had described as a "grooming" process.

But as their hold on the victims increased, that illicit supply gave the family an ever-tighter hold over their victims, including their bank accounts.

In some cases, the accounts were used to pay for gym memberships, soccer schools and building materials to supply the business.

The Rooneys also used "threats" and "violence", including punishment beatings, and the victims were denied medical help for their injuries and ailments.

The impact on the victims was severe, with many suffering mental and physical torment during their "gruelling and emotional" ordeal, said police.

The gang also targeted vulnerable home-owners, coercing them into signing over properties to them which were then sold on for profit.

For the convicted gang-members, there were luxurious holidays to Australia, Egypt and Mexico, high-performance BMWs, spa days and cosmetic surgery.

Probably the most scummy part:

Some of the gang also targeted four elderly home-owners, getting them to sign over properties into their names and selling three on for profit - one for £250,000.

One of the householders ended up dying without his family knowing. It was only when contacted by police they discovered they had missed his funeral.

Glad they're all rotting.
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Holy shit

That family that missed the funeral is not a good family. You should fucking know your old people's business
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The Rooneys isn't a really intimidiating gang name lol

Evil gang from a action movie

Holy s***

I'm imagining a bunch of Wayne Rooney clones
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Modern day slavery, goddamn
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They look like British rednecks
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Suchomimus posted...

They look like British rednecks

Is this possible? I'm just imaging what accent that would have lol
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SubtletyRefuge posted...

Modern day slavery, goddamn

Yeah, it's weird to hear that they're charged with slavery because it's such an archaic concept now.
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Worst part is this could literally be happening all over the world
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I can never understand the justice system on crap like this. Someone murders another, gets death row.
Someone tortures another for years and ruins other's lives they can never get back, they get a few years sentence.

Torture and slavery is the worst crime imo there can be. These people deserve more than death

Mackorov posted...

Torture and slavery is the worst crime imo there can be. These people deserve more than death

Worse than death? Double-death??
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l Dudeboy l posted...

Mackorov posted...

Torture and slavery is the worst crime imo there can be. These people deserve more than death

Worse than death? Double-death??

torture back to them. A quick death is far more lenient than someone who is tortured, even if left alive.

Mackorov posted...

I can never understand the justice system on crap like this. Someone murders another, gets death row.
Someone tortures another for years and ruins other's lives they can never get back, they get a few years sentence.

Torture and slavery is the worst crime imo there can be. These people deserve more than death

I mean, the death penalty is outlawed in Europe, but I do get what you mean. The article didn't say what their sentence was, but hopefully it was a long one or simply life for them all.
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Convict them?

Nah@

i was thinking more along the lines of.,.. erecting a statue in their honor. This is an example of exemplary capitalism at it's finest.
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

SubtletyRefuge posted...

Modern day slavery, goddamn

Yeah, it's weird to hear that they're charged with slavery because it's such an archaic concept now.

Exactly what I was thinking.
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Mackorov posted...

Someone murders another, gets death row.

Not in he Uk they don't.

Bok_Choi posted...

Worst part is this could literally be happening all over the world

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_contemporary_Africa
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BillWardsPants posted...

Bok_Choi posted...

Worst part is this could literally be happening all over the world

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_contemporary_Africa

People don't seem to care about war-torn undeveloped countries when they refer to the world. I mean, the worst atrocities humans can imagine are a given in regions controlled by ISIS

what the fuck
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That 23 year old got a serious wake-up call when he found out that slavery wasn't okay. Can't fathom how he couldn't figure out that the family business that he was born in to was a tad fucked up.

Also... one slave was believed to be have worked for them for over 26 years? FUCK. It didn't occur to them at one point to start a coup oir something?
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But when companies do it nothing happens.....

Makes a change it's usually people from eastern EU that do this in the UK.

Lordsai posted...

But when companies do it nothing happens.....

To be fair, this is an American only thing and every other industrialized nation including places like China treats their employees better.
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