Domestic abuse can inflict lasting trauma on victims and their extended families, especially children and young people who may not see the violence or abuse, but may be aware of it, sense it, or hear it occurring.
Lydia Mugambe, 50, has been sentenced to six years and four months at Oxford Crown Court for:
Conspiring to do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-UK national
Arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation
Requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour
Conspiracy to intimidate a witness.
Three men and three women from France who pretended to be tourists were jailed today (Friday 27 February) after they were caught in a convoy of cars bringing three Vietnamese nationals into the UK.
A 70-year-old motorist who lost control of her car, colliding with a group of pedestrians including a child in a pram, has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.