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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maira Butt

Couple ‘locked vulnerable woman in garage for five years’ and ‘forced her to eat porridge with dish soap’

The house where the woman was allegedly kept prisoner for five years (File picture) - (Google)

A man and woman have been charged with kidnapping and torture after allegedly holding a 45-year-old woman prisoner in her own garage for five years.

The victim is said to have lost 50kg during the horrific ordeal, which reportedly involved her being bathed in bleach, forced to defecate in potties and plastic bags, and being made to eat porridge laced with dish soap.

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