Family convicted of running modern slavery ring in UK; victim ordered to dig own grave

Latest: The victim of a modern slavery gang was ordered to dig his own grave and told "that's where you're going" if he did not sign a bogus work contract.

Family convicted of running modern slavery ring in UK; victim ordered to dig own grave

Update 5.50pm: The victim of a modern slavery gang was ordered to dig his own grave and told "that's where you're going" if he did not sign a bogus work contract.

He was kept a "captive" by members of the Rooney family on a Lincolnshire traveller site and forced to work 12-hour days, seven-days-a-week for 26 years.

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