New York [US], March 14: A United Nations (UN) judge was convicted on Thursday of forcing a young woman to work as a slave.
Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe, 49, took "advantage of her status" over her victim in the "most egregious way" by preventing her from holding down steady employment and forcing her to work as her maid and to provide childcare for free.
Mugambe, who is also a high court judge in Uganda, was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law, facilitating travel with a view to exploitation, forcing someone to work, and conspiracy to intimidate a witness following a trial at Oxford Crown Court.
Jurors accepted the prosecution's case that Mugambe - who was studying for a law PhD at the University of Oxford - had engaged in "illegal folly" with Ugandan deputy high commissioner John Leonard Mugerwa in which they conspired to arrange for the young woman to come to the United Kingdom. (PA Media/dpa)
Source: Fijian Broadcasting Cooperation
