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Beth Abbit & Peter Diamond

Man kept in filthy shed for 40 years as slave with no lights or heating

A man who was kept as a slave and lived in a disgusting six foot shed has finally been set free after four decades.

The vulnerable man was exploited as worker at a caravan park where he was kept in a filthy garden shed by a Peter Swailes and his father also called Peter Swailes.

The pair were charged with modern slavery offences, however the father who was 80-years-old died last year shortly before standing trial.

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