Article 6CZKX Wife and care worker jailed for 11 years each for enslaving disabled husband

Wife and care worker jailed for 11 years each for enslaving disabled husband

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Steven Morris
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Tom Somerset-How was held as if he was cattle', Portsmouth crown court hears, going a year without brushing his teeth

A wife and a live-in care worker have been jailed for 11 years each for enslaving her vulnerable disabled husband in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.

Sarah Somerset-How and George Webb, who were having an affair, kept Tom Somerset-How in dirty conditions and treated him like a piece of property".

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