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| London police rescue three women held captive for 30 years |
| 2013-11-22 |
[Al Ahram] British police on Thursday rescued three women from a London home where they were believed held as slaves for at least 30 years by a couple who were incarceratedMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! Officials identified the victims as a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old Briton. Police described the women as "highly traumatised". Detectives arrested a 67-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman at their home in south London. Police swooped after being contacted last month by the Freedom Charity, which received a call from a woman stating she had been held against her will in a house in London for more than 30 years, Scotland Yard said. Police said the woman had contacted the charity -- which helps young people to understand forced marriage and honour-based violence -- after seeing a TV documentary featuring the group's work. Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland, from Scotland Yard's Human Trafficking Unit, said: "A television documentary on forced marriages relating to the work of Freedom Charity was the catalyst that prompted one of the victims to call for help and led to their rescue." Police inquiries established the location of the house and with the help of "sensitive negotiations" conducted by the charity, the three women were rescued. "We applaud the actions of Freedom Charity and are working in partnership to support these victims who appear to have been held for over 30 years," Hyland said. "We have launched an extensive investigation to establish the facts surrounding these very serious allegations." Earlier this year, three women who were imprisoned in a house in Cleveland, kept in touch with the world by Obamaphone, ...was ruled by a Democrat machine from 1942 through 1971. After the river caught fire during the administration of Carl Stokes they tried a Republican, then when back to being Democrats when the party hacked up Dennis Kucinich ... , Ohio, for more than a decade were freed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Hummmm..... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-11-22 22:52 |
| #3 #2 Bravo!!! Hip, hip, huray! Such sympathetic reading, and lord knows this stuff needs it! Not that your spiny shell isn't totally convincing, but I suddenly suspect you of sneaking around visiting hospitals and tutoring Pal prodigies and whatnot. ;-) |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-22 16:07 |
| #2 Bravo!!! Hip, hip, huray! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-22 04:04 |
| #1 An "elderly couple" from London, Just "non-British" folks with a dungeon: From whence do they hail, And are they in jail? Lor lumme, it's such a conundrum! It doesn't sound quite like the Tower The captives were held by willpower, Then saved by a charity From vague insularity -- This story is weak beer gone sour Of course we're not peeling the onions! Why should journalists labor as scullions? When we show you the moon In the court Picayune Concentrate on the view, not the mullions The press is our sword and our shield: Weasels on an orwellian field In sunshine or shower They speak truth to power -- From everyone else it's concealed Some limmies for Threater and Redder That should've gone into the shredder Those skeptics prodigious Won't buy any bridges That aren't specified to the letter Oops. I see this story, unlike something I read earlier, does mention an arrest. Never mind. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-22 03:55 |