Travellers jailed for forced labour received €535k legal aid

A family of millionaire Travellers jailed for forcing vulnerable men to work for a pittance have been given over £460,000 (€535,000) in legal aid.

Travellers jailed for forced labour received €535k legal aid

The Gloucestershire-based Connors family lived the high life at the expense of homeless drug addicts and alcoholics.

William Connors, aged 52; wife Mary, aged 48; their sons, John, aged 29; and James, aged 20; and son-in-law Miles Connors, aged 24; were jailed in December after being convicted of conspiracy to require a person to perform forced or compulsory labour.

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