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Fifth person charged over slavery in UK

Greenacres Caravan Park in Bedfordshire
Greenacres Caravan Park in Bedfordshire

A fifth person has been charged in connection with a UK police investigation into slavery at a Travellers' site in Bedfordshire, England.

Josie Connors, 30, with an address at Greenacres Caravan Park in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit offences of holding people in servitude, plus two counts of requiring people to perform forced labour.

Ms Connors has been granted bail and is due to appear at Luton Magistrates Court next Thursday.

To date four men have been charged and have appeared in court in connection with the same investigation.