CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought
to their mansion to work as housekeepers.
Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, were each convicted of all charges in a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and harboring aliens.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-17-slavery-case-convictions_N.htm
or, you can read about it here
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - The so-called Muttontown Slave Trial has involved a wild barrage of testimony by two Indonesian domestic workers employed - and according to prosecutors, enslaved and tortured for years - by an affluent Long Island couple. The verdict on Monday made for no less of a wild scene.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/nyregion/17cnd-slave.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The New York Times seems to favor the convicted criminals in this case.
Just the way I read how the article seems to be constructed.
Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, were each convicted of all charges in a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and harboring aliens.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-17-slavery-case-convictions_N.htm
or, you can read about it here
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - The so-called Muttontown Slave Trial has involved a wild barrage of testimony by two Indonesian domestic workers employed - and according to prosecutors, enslaved and tortured for years - by an affluent Long Island couple. The verdict on Monday made for no less of a wild scene.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/nyregion/17cnd-slave.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The New York Times seems to favor the convicted criminals in this case.
Just the way I read how the article seems to be constructed.

