A Brighton and Hove property owner billed with maintaining an additional female in enslavement or bondage has actually been founded guilty by a court this afternoon (Thursday 13 October).
Farzana Kausar, 58, was additionally condemned of perverting the program of justice after a test lasting practically three weeks at Lewes Crown Court.
The court of 6 guys as well as six ladies returned a consentaneous verdict on both matters.
Court Christine Laing, the honorary recorder of Brighton and also Hove, remanded Kausar captive to wait for sentence on Thursday 10 November.
As she gave thanks to the jury, Judge Laing said that perverting the training course of justice was an assault on the criminal justice system as opposed to enabling an instance to take its proper course.
Ryan Richter, prosecuting, said: “The offender has actually understood Jacqueline Whittington because the early 1990s.
” Ms Whittington is now 60 years old and also has fought with alcohol addiction throughout her grown-up life.
” In the 1990s she split from her very own family and pertained to end up living in a room which she leased from Mrs Kausar’s household.
” For many years, Mrs Kausar started to control a growing number of elements of Ms Whittington’s life.
” She slowly isolated her as well as abused her as if Ms Whittington ended up being dependent upon Mrs Kausar.
” Although literally ‘complimentary’, it is the prosecution situation that Ms Whittington, as a vulnerable grownup, was managed by Mrs Kausar as well as made to work as an overdue residential slave, cooking and cleansing for the family members and caring for her kids.
” It is the prosecution instance that the job was come with by misuse– physical, psychological as well as economic.
” Ms Whittington was abused vocally, slapped, pinched as well as punched and also had restricted accessibility to her bank accounts with her benefit money, amounting to around ₤ 80,000 over the years, being taken from her.
” In May 2019, Ms Whittington’s situation was reported to the authorities by an additional worker that concerned work for the household– Michelle Ormiston.
” Ms Whittington was eliminated by the cops from dealing with Mrs Kausar’s family members as well as Mrs Kausar was arrested.
” She was formally talked to by the authorities and also rejected the accusation that she was maintaining Mrs Kausar in modern slavery.
” After being spoken with, she was released while the investigation proceeded.
” Mrs Kausar then set out to pervert the training course of justice, trying to get Ms Whittington to go down the costs as well as looking for to cast blame on others for the allegations which she had actually made.
” In the October of 2019, Mrs Kausar met Ms Whittington in a hostelry in Brighton. She determined a letter which she obtained Ms Whittington to write out.
” The letter requested for the charges against Mrs Kausar to be taken out and stated that the entire account of bondage was intentionally made up by Ms Ormiston acting together with Mrs Kausar’s sis Shabnum.
” Mrs Kausar rejects maintaining Ms Whittington in slavery or servitude any time. She denies that she was ever before fierce to her or regulated her or manipulated her economically.
” Rather, Mrs Kausar defines Ms Whittington as a close family members friend that she sought to support over several years.
” She refutes that she ever before sought to have Ms Whittington go down the fees or influence her to withdraw her support whatsoever.”
After the jury returned its decision, Kausar was remanded in custody as well as informed to expect a prison sentence.
My name is Ryan D. Correa, and I’m a journalist at the Brighton Hove Daily News in the United Kingdom. I’m also a qualified secondary school teacher with a degree in media studies. I love the process of researching and writing news stories because it allows me to stay informed about what’s going on in the world and share that information with others.
