UK man admits exploiting worker kept in shed for 40 years

A man in northwest England pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to exploiting a vulnerable victim who was found living in a garden shed that had been his home for 40 years. The victim was rescued in October 2018 when officers from the Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority searched a trailer park in Carlisle and discovered him living in the shed, which had no light or heat, the agency said. “This is something that even now I struggle to comprehend,” Senior Investigating Officer Martin Plimmer said in a statement.

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