Four members of Hinduja family given prison sentences for exploiting workers

Lawyers for the Hindujas, Nicolas Jeandin, left, and Robert Assael, right, leave court (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

A Swiss criminal court on Friday sentenced four members of the wealthy Hinduja family to between four and four and a half years in prison for exploiting their vulnerable domestic workers.

The court at the same time threw out the more severe charges of human trafficking.