Travellers jailed for enforced labour of drifters

Five members of the same Traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance have all been jailed.

William Connors, 52, was jailed for six and a half years and his wife Mary, 48, received a sentence of two years and three months.

The couple’s son, John, 29, was jailed for four years. Their other son James, 20, got three years detention in a young offenders institution. Son-in-law Miles Connors, 24, received a three-year prison sentence.