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Ellie Kemp & Peter Diamond

Brute who kept man living in tiny shed for 40 years to have sentence reviewed

A man who confessed to exploiting a vulnerable worker living in a shed on the caravan park he jointly owned with his father is to have his sentence reviewed by senior judges.

Peter Swailes was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months, when he stood before a judge in court last month.

According to published legal documents the Attorney General’s Office has now referred the sentencing of Swailes to the Court of Appeal for consideration as an unduly lenient sentence.

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