“Mutual aid” between compatriots from Benin has its limits.
This argument invoked by Josy to justify the reception and employment of Annie in her home from 2003 to 2012 as a nanny and housekeeper, without salary or decent living conditions, did not convince the judges.
This Monday, she and her husband Lionel
(the first names have been changed)
were sentenced by the Fontainebleau criminal court to three years in prison, including two years suspended for three years with an obligation to compensate the victim.
They will serve a year in prison under an electronic bracelet.
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The guilt of Josy and Lionel was held for everything with which they were accused: human trafficking committed against a vulnerable person, assistance in the illegal entry and stay of a foreigner in France, employment of an unregistered foreigner. provided with a work permit, non-existent remuneration and submission of a vulnerable person to unworthy working conditions, from October 1, 2003 to November 1, 2012, when Annie finally decided to leave the couple and their three children.
She filed a complaint in 2014.
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