A Romanian Gypsy Couple Who Kept A Girl Child Under Captivity As A Slave Have Been Jailed For Severa

A Romanian gypsy couple who kept a girl child under captivity as a slave have been jailed for severa

by

ravij

Another man who was also kept as slave in the garden shed of the family s London council house had tipped off the police about the girl after he escaped from the couple s captivity.

The police officers were shocked after they found the seven year old girl and the conditions she was living in. she was being forced to sleep on the floor, had nothing but filthy clothes that she was wearing and was suffering beating like a carpet.

The child who could not count ten in her own language was kept barefoot and eight of her decaying teeth had to be removed.

The couple Aurel Zlate, 46 and his 43 year old wife Alexandra Oaie who have eight children gave them fashionable clothes to wear and allowed them to go to school. Other times they begged and committed thefts which they were trained for. The family used money from crimes and benefits to buy properties in Romania.

The judge Shani Barnes had noted the much criticised Haringey council which had failed to respond to repeated reports of a man being kept in a shed said that she was shocked in disbelief that such crimes could be committed in 21st century London.

The couple and their sons Marian Neamu, 25, and Florin Zlatea, 23, were jailed for nine and 13 years between them for a series of offences.

Judge Barnes told Croydon Crown Court that the mother of the family was cold, cynical and manipulative and her cruel nature led to the ghastly living conditions suffered by both slaves.

Speaking of the man s existence as a filthy, cold, scavenging man living in a twilight misery , the judge added it was hard to believe this was happening in leafy Wood Green in 2011.

The jury heard that the family had employed the 53-year-old electrician at their luxury gated home in Romania, took his ID card and driving licence from him, and in 2010 brought him to Britain.

In London, he found the girl who he named Cinderella working for the family. She had been a daughter of Zlatea s cleaner, and he had persuaded her to give him the child for a better life .

The young girl, who is now eight, is in foster care in Britain. Within weeks of being rescued, after emergency dental care, she had learnt to count and can now read and speak fluent English. She is said to be flourishing.

All four are due to be sent back to Romania on release, but Judge Barnes said she was not sure that they would be deported.

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