Convicted Woman Sentenced to More Jail Time in Modern-day Slavery Case
News 18A 55-year-old Melbourne woman, jailed for keeping an Indian-origin Tamil woman as a slave for eight years, has been sentenced to an additional two-and-a-half years for threatening the victim before she gave evidence in the criminal trial, police said. Kumuthini pleaded guilty to the offence of perverting the course of justice during an Australian Federal Police slavery investigation and was sentenced on July 7 in the County Court of Victoria to an additional two years and six months imprisonment, the statement said. Kumuthini was earlier sentenced to eight years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of four years for the slavery offences. The federal police charged the couple in June 2016 with slavery offences and in 2020, while awaiting trial, Kumuthini threatened the victim and warned her not to give evidence during the court proceedings.
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