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Loughborough man in court on slavery charges

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Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:44

A man from Loughborough has been charged by police investigating modern day slavery.

A man from Loughborough has been charged under Section 1 of The Modern Slavery Act.

23-year-old Kenneth Brown, of Warwick Court, Loughborough is accused, alongside 22-year-old Kane Anderson of Cranmer Street, Leicester.

The charges are in relation to holding a person in slavery and servitude.

Both men will appear at Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday 17 October.

The charge relates to incidents which have occurred between May and September this year at an address in Leicester.

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