Wed, 30 Mar 2011
Seven people who employed European migrant workers to pick leeks have been cleared of exploitation charges.
They were accused of treating workers badly at their fields in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire.
Ania Jemiolo, of Birmingham, and Gurdip Somal, Majinder Somal, and Jujhar Singh, of Kettering, denied plotting to exploit by arranging travel to the UK.
Four others were cleared of conspiracy to exploit by arranging travel within the UK.
Gurdip Somal, 52, his wife Manjinder Somal, and Jujhar Singh, all of Cleveland Avenue, Kettering, Northamptonshire, were accused along with Jemiolo, 26, of Holly Road, of the first conspiracy charge.
Mr and Mrs Somal and Jujhar Singh were also accused of the second conspiracy charge, along with Nizzar, 50, of Leven Way, Coventry, Varinder Singh, 30, of Gladstone Drive, Tividale, Oldbury, and Fateh Singh Bal, 25, of Havelock Street, Kettering.
Barristers:-
Christopher Hotten QC Leading Talbir Singh for Gurdip Somal.
Anthony Barker QC for Manjinder Somal.
David Howker QC Leading Michael Duck for Jujhar Singh.
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