Article 6H4J3 Chiropractor asks for no jail time after subjecting refugee to forced labour at Melbourne confectionery shop

Chiropractor asks for no jail time after subjecting refugee to forced labour at Melbourne confectionery shop

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Seyyed Farshchi, 50, worked refugee relentlessly' for little pay and threatened to have him sent back to his home country

A Melbourne chiropractor who subjected a vulnerable refugee to forced labour for his own financial gain has urged a judge not to send him to prison.

A county court jury in October found Seyyed Farshchi, 50, guilty of causing a person to remain in forced labour and conducting a business involving forced labour.

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