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A sign at the Green Acres caravan site, which was raided by police on Sunday Steve Parsons/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Slavery
Pregnant woman is latest to face slavery charges over UK site
Josie Connors, 30, is the fifth to be charged with slavery offences after a police raid on Sunday.
A PREGNANT WOMAN has been charged with slavery offences over grim discoveries made at a Traveller site north of London.
Josie Connors faces four charges after police raided the Green Acres site in Bedfordshire on Sunday. The BBC reports that Ms Connors, 30, appeared in court yesterday and has been bailed until September 22.
Four men have already been charged after police made arrests. The Irish Times reports that Ms Connors is the wife of one of the men.
Twenty-four British and Eastern European men were found living in squalid and cramped conditions at the site. However, the investigation has faced controversy, with nine of those reportedly refusing to co-operate with police. One told the Guardian earlier this week that “plenty of men” at the site were there voluntarily, and were being paid.
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