A 'depraved' slavery gang tricked a young mum into coming to the UK, before imprisoning her in a flat in Oldham and forcing her in sex work.
The victim, originally from Romania, was persuaded to move here on the promise of a well-paid cleaning job. But she was trapped in a flat on Ashton Road and forced to have sex with multiple men every night.
The gang, which included a brother and sister, threatened to beat her and told her she would never see her children again unless she worked as an escort, a court heard. READ MORE: 'We were given minutes to leave our house and weren't allowed to come back, even for medicine' Today (September 13), five men and one woman have been jailed for a total of 16 years for human trafficking, prostitution and modern slavery offences.
The detective in charge of the investigation said the case was a 'solemn reminder that modern slavery is happening here in Greater Manchester'.
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