A man who admitted helping to exploit a worker who was made to live in a horse box, a disused caravan and a cramped 6ft shed for 40 years is to have his sentence reviewed. Peter Swailes, 56, from Low Harker, Carlisle, admitted conspiring with his father to financially exploit the man from July 2015 – when the Modern Slavery Act came into law.
He was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months, by Judge Richard Archer at Carlisle Crown Court on February 4. However, senior judges are set to review the sentence after the Attorney General’s Office referred it to the Court of Appeal for consideration as an unduly lenient sentence.
