They caught an Indian couple in Australia keeping a slave only paying her $3.00 a week for 8 years. And Australian jailed them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-21/melbourne-couple-who-kept-slave-sentenced/100310094Melbourne couple who kept a grandmother as slave for eight years jailed for 'crime against humanity'By court reporter Danny Tran
Posted Wed 21 Jul 2021 at 12:45pmWednesday 21 Jul 2021 at 12:45pm, updated Wed 21 Jul 2021 at 9:06pm
A Melbourne couple found guilty of secretly enslaving a woman in their suburban home for close to a decade have been jailed for their "crime against humanity".
Kandasamy and Kumuthini Kannan on Wednesday appeared in Victoria's Supreme Court where they were convicted for subjugating the woman, which ultimately left her in hospital weighing just 40 kilograms.
Kumuthini Kannan, 53, was ordered to spend eight years behind bars.
Her husband, Kandasamy Kannan, 57, was ordered to serve six years.
It is the first time a case solely about slavery by domestic servitude has been aired in an Australian court and, prosecutors say, the longest period of enslavement the nation has ever seen.
But the court heard the couple still did not accept that they forced the Indian grandmother into servitude, and continued to "strenuously" profess their innocence.
The couple's legal team has already indicated that they may be preparing an appeal.
During a sentencing which was watched by almost 200 people, and which stretched to almost three hours, Justice John Champion took aim at the couple.
"Slavery is regarded as a crime against humanity," he said.
"Your offending occurred in the daily presence and with the obvious knowledge and comprehension of your children.
"You set them a deplorable example of how parents should act towards another human being.
"Her life was controlled largely in the privacy of your own home and care was taken by you to keep her true status from others in your community … so that your dirty secret was maintained.
"This court publicly condemns you both for your disgraceful conduct."
Justice Champion branded the couple as "almost compulsive liars".
"The number and brazen quality of the lies has been nothing short of astonishing," he said.
"I'm quite convinced that you both believe you have done nothing wrong.
"Neither of you have shown remorse or contrition."
