A Swiss court has handed jail sentences to four members of Britain’s richest family for exploiting Indian staff at their Geneva mansion. Prakash Hinduja and his wife, Kamal, were each sentenced to four years and six months in prison, and their son Ajay and his wife, Namrata, received four-year terms. Prosecutors argued that the Hindujas paid their staff a pittance and gave them little freedom to leave the house. Indeed, the employees were “grateful to the Hindujas for offering them a better life”, another lawyer, Robert Assael, argued. Namrata Hinduja’s lawyer, Romain Jordan, also pleaded for acquittal, claiming the prosecutors were aiming to make an example of the family.

Source: The Guardian June 21, 2024 17:52 UTC