mellowyellow
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A Melbourne couple who kept a slave in their home for eight years until she was found weighing just 40kg have been jailed for their crimes.
Kumuthini Kannan and her husband Kandasamy were sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Wednesday for keeping the woman as a slave in their Mount Waverley home.
When paramedics found the victim she weighed just 40kg and her temperature dropped to 28.5C. She had no teeth and doctors found she had diabetes and septicaemia.
“Her life was controlled largely in the privacy of your own home and care was taken by you to keep her true status from others in your community … so that your dirty secret was maintained,” Justice John Champion said in his sentence.
The judge said the couple controlled almost all aspects of the woman’s life and slammed their behaviour.
The victim spent two months in hospital recovering and at 67 lives in an aged care facility in Melbourne’s suburbs. She will have to use a catheter for the rest of her life.
The woman arrived on a 30-day tourist visa and was forced to cook, clean and care for the couple’s children for roughly $3.39 per day.
“On behalf of the Australian community this court condemns you for your disgraceful conduct,” the judge said.
Mr Kannan will be eligible for parole in three years and his wife will be eligible after four years.
Kumuthini Kannan and her husband Kandasamy were sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Wednesday for keeping the woman as a slave in their Mount Waverley home.
When paramedics found the victim she weighed just 40kg and her temperature dropped to 28.5C. She had no teeth and doctors found she had diabetes and septicaemia.
“Her life was controlled largely in the privacy of your own home and care was taken by you to keep her true status from others in your community … so that your dirty secret was maintained,” Justice John Champion said in his sentence.
The judge said the couple controlled almost all aspects of the woman’s life and slammed their behaviour.
The victim spent two months in hospital recovering and at 67 lives in an aged care facility in Melbourne’s suburbs. She will have to use a catheter for the rest of her life.
The woman arrived on a 30-day tourist visa and was forced to cook, clean and care for the couple’s children for roughly $3.39 per day.
“On behalf of the Australian community this court condemns you for your disgraceful conduct,” the judge said.
Mr Kannan will be eligible for parole in three years and his wife will be eligible after four years.
Let’s hope someone appeals it to get them a longer sentence .
