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Newport 'slavery' farmer David Doran jailed for four years | Newport 'slavery' farmer David Doran jailed for four years |
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A horse farmer who forced a "terrified" vulnerable man to work unpaid for 13 years in "modern day slavery" has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. | A horse farmer who forced a "terrified" vulnerable man to work unpaid for 13 years in "modern day slavery" has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. |
David Daniel Doran, 42, pleaded guilty midway through his trial to making Darrell Simester, from Worcestershire, perform forced or compulsory labour. | David Daniel Doran, 42, pleaded guilty midway through his trial to making Darrell Simester, from Worcestershire, perform forced or compulsory labour. |
Judge Neil Bidder QC at Cardiff Crown Court told Doran the way he had treated him was repellent and wrong and not much better than a slave. | |
The victim worked up to 16 hours a day. | The victim worked up to 16 hours a day. |
David Doran's father Daniel Doran, 67, who faced the same charge, was formally found not guilty earlier this month. | |
Mr Simester's family, from Kidderminster, believed he was missing after going on a trip to the seaside in Porthcawl in south Wales in 2000. | Mr Simester's family, from Kidderminster, believed he was missing after going on a trip to the seaside in Porthcawl in south Wales in 2000. |
In fact, a member of the Doran family had picked him up at the side of a dual carriageway while travelling home and taken him to Cariad Farm in Peterstone near Newport, where he was offered work on the family farm. | In fact, a member of the Doran family had picked him up at the side of a dual carriageway while travelling home and taken him to Cariad Farm in Peterstone near Newport, where he was offered work on the family farm. |
But the work turned into forced labour where the 44-year-old was made to work unpaid for up to 16 hours a day and only ever had two days off. | But the work turned into forced labour where the 44-year-old was made to work unpaid for up to 16 hours a day and only ever had two days off. |
Prosecutors said he lived in "pitiful conditions and in a poor physical state" and, after his family finally tracked him down following a media campaign, they could hardly recognise him and described him as being "broken man". | |
Rat-infested shed | |
Before Judge Bidder sentenced Doran - also known as Dan Doran Jnr - the court was told the impact of Mr Simester's lost years on his family, who had been deeply traumatised. | |
His mother used to look at workmen on the road, wondering if they were her son, a victim impact statement said. His father thought he was probably dead. | |
The court was also told that the prosecution estimated that the victim's work may have had value of up to £280,000. | |
During Doran's trial, the jury was told that for more than a decade, Mr Simester had to sleep in a rat-infested shed with just his horse manure-stained clothing for bedding - before being moved to a squalid and cold caravan with a broken door. | |
The only place he had to clean himself was in a horse trough outside and he was not given soap or toothpaste for more than 10 years. | The only place he had to clean himself was in a horse trough outside and he was not given soap or toothpaste for more than 10 years. |
Run away | |
He also had to huddle so close to an electric heater for warmth that over the years the skin on his left leg had been scarred. | He also had to huddle so close to an electric heater for warmth that over the years the skin on his left leg had been scarred. |
He had told the court he was "terrified" of Doran and his father, and he was caught after attempting to run away twice. | He had told the court he was "terrified" of Doran and his father, and he was caught after attempting to run away twice. |
When he was found he was in a "horrific state" with a chest infection, a hernia and calloused feet, along with being malnourished. | |
Following the sentencing of Doran, Catrin Attwell, senior crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Wales' complex casework unit, said: "There is no place for any form of modern day slavery in our communities." | |
In a statement, Gwent Police added: "The years of exploitation of Darrell Simester by Dan Doran Jnr was an appalling betrayal, which took advantage of Darrell's vulnerable and timid nature." | |