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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Beth Abbit

Man kept in freezing filthy shed for 40 YEARS with no lights or heating

A man has admitted exploiting a vulnerable worker who told investigators he had lived in a filthy six-foot shed at a caravan park for four decades.

Peter Swailes was initially charged alongside his 80-year-old father, also called Peter Swailes - but the older man died last year shortly before standing trial.

Both men previously pleaded not guilty to conspiring to arrange or facilitate the travel of an individual between 2015 and 2019 with a view to him being exploited.

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