A Nigerian man has told a jury he ran away and slept rough before going to a police station for help.
From left: Defendants Beatrice Ekweremadu and Sonia Ekweremadu outside the Old Bailey at the start of the trialA Nigerian market trader allegedly trafficked to London to provide a kidney walked into a police station and begged for help, a court has heard.
His wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and associate Obinna Obeta, 50, also deny conspiring to arrange or facilitate the travel of the young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation. "I don't know anywhere, I don't know where I am. I was sleeping three days outside around, looking for someone to help me, save my life," he can he heard saying.
He told jurors he thought he was being brought to the UK to work and only found out it was for him to donate a kidney when he visited the Royal Free Hospital.
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