Landlady jailed for seven-year modern slavery abuse
Police said the victim's bank accounts were used to pay bills from across Kausar's "property empire"
Farzana Kausar, 58, took control of her victim's finances, cut her off from her relatives and forced her to cook and clean. Kausar was jailed for six years, eight months for keeping a person in slavery and perverting the course of justice. She controlled her finances, opening bank accounts in her name, from which she withdrew money, and made benefit claims on her behalf that she kept, police said.
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