Servitude trial
A family of travellers are in court accused of slavery offences carried out at Green Acres caravan site in Little Billington. Seven members of the Connors family are said to have kept vulnerable men as slaves.
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Servitude trial: Four guilty
Servitude trial: Husband and wife jailed
A judge has called it a monstrous and callous deceit: forcing destitute men into servitude. Tonight a husband and wife are in jail.
James John Connors and his wife Josie were sentenced for their part in crimes that took place at a caravan site near Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.
Ben Gumpert from the CPS speaks outside Luton Crown Court
Ben Gumpert spoke to the media after the sentencing of James John and Josie Connors at Luton Crown Court today. They are serving prison sentences for forcing destitute men into servitude.
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Judge sends 'cold-hearted exploiters' to prison
by Matthew Hudson
Two members of a travelling family were branded violent, cold-hearted exploiters by a judge for forcing vulnerable men to work for them.
Read the full storyServitude trial: Four guilty
Four members of a travelling family from Bedfordshire have been found guilty of forcing vulnerable men to live in servitude
Read the full storyJudge to accept majority verdict in Connors family servitude trial
The jury in the trial of the Connors family, who are accused of forcing men into forced labour, have been given a majority direction by the judge.
Seven members of the same Irish travelling family are accused of keeping workers in a state of servitude and forcing them to perform unpaid work.
Tommy Connors Senior, 52, his four sons and his daughter and her husband face a total of 20 charges at Luton crown court.
It follows a raid on the Green Acres caravan site in Bedfordshire in September last year.
Jury hear from a man who was allegedly held in servitude
by Matthew HudsonA jury at Luton Crown Court's been hearing from a man who was allegedly held in servitude by a family at a campsite in Bedfordshire.
The man claimed he saw another worker at the Green Acre site near Leighton Buzzard attacked with a claw hammer. Seven members of the Connors family deny the charges.
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Prosecutors say dozens were exploited by family
by Matthew Hudson
Prosecutors say dozens of homeless people, were exploited by the Connors family, at their caravan site near Leighton Buzzard.
Read the full storyProsecution outlines 'servitude' case
The prosecution has finished outlining its case for the trial of seven members of the same family who are accused of holding vulnerable men and forcing them to work for nothing.
Thomas Connors together with his four sons, daughter and son-in-law deny charges of inflicting servitude and forced labour. The trial will resume on Monday.
Family forced 'most vulnerable' into hard labour
A family living on a Bedfordshire travellers' site forced some of "the most vulnerable" people to work for them, a court has heard.
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