British police interview alleged slavery victims

Three women allegedly held as slaves were yesterday being formally interviewed by police in London for the first time.

British police interview alleged slavery victims

It also emerged that one of the three, Josephine Herivel, 57, originally from Belfast, is the daughter of John Herivel, one of the leading codebreakers at Bletchley Park who deciphered the Enigma code during the Second World War.

Officers have had indirect contact with the trio, who it is claimed were effectively brainwashed into remaining in a political collective for more than three decades, but have had to wait until trauma experts gave them the go-ahead to take their accounts in person.

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