A man and woman have been found guilty of keeping a housemate as a slave - forcing him to live in a cupboard under the stairs 'like Harry Potter'. The man had been using the cupboard under the stairs as a bedroom like 'the boy wizard Harry Potter', a court was told. Prosecutor Charles Thomas said police visited the trio's address on July 27 2018, after a concerned neighbour called the Modern Slavery Hotline. Modern slavery often takes place out of sight, and it is only with the support of such witnesses that we will defeat it in the UK. Officer in the case PC Roger Ibrahim said: 'Without the information through the Modern Slavery Hotline this abuse would still be happening.

Source: Daily Mail February 08, 2019 09:33 UTC