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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Payne

Judge accused of trafficking woman to UK ‘told police she had diplomatic immunity’

Lydia Mugambe - (UN)

A United Nations criminal tribunal judge deceived a young woman into coming to the UK to work as her slave while she studied for a PhD in law at the University of Oxford, a court has heard.

Lydia Mugambe is accused of taking “advantage of her status” over her alleged victim in the “most egregious way” by preventing the young Ugandan woman from holding down steady employment and forcing her to work as her maid and to provide childcare for free.

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