NewsA couple have been charged after allegedly keeping a woman as a slave in their home for eight years. Kumuthini Kannan, 48, and Kandasamy Kannan, 52, from Sri Lanka, have been charged with one count of possessing a slave and one count of exercising ownership over a slave. ‘The complainant went from saying there’s no crime to, “I’ve been held as a slave”,’ Mr Norton told the court. She had been ‘polite but guarded’ prior to the September 24 meeting, the court heard. Mr Norton said the accused deny the allegations the woman was kept as a slave.

Source: Sunday Times September 07, 2016 09:11 UTC