Two members of the Connors family who were found guilty in July 2012 of offences relating to servitude, compulsory labour and assault charges were today jailed for a total of 13 years at Luton Crown Court.
Tommy Connors Snr, 53, of Green Acres Caravan Park, Little Billington, near Leighton Buzzard, had been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to hold a person in servitude, one count of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour and one count of assault. He was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Patrick Connors, 21, also of the Green Acres site, had also been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to hold a person in servitude, one count of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour and one count of assault. He was jailed for five years.
The sentencing took place after the jury in the retrial of Tommy Connors Snr and Patrick Connors, along with Tommy Connors, 27, and James Connors, 25, also of Green Acres, failed to reach a verdict.
Due to the hung jury, the CPS has decided that it will not be pursuing another retrial.
For more on this story see the May 14 issue of the Leighton Buzzard Observer