UNCOVERED: Peter swailes - Caught on Camera

No sentence increase for man who exploited worker living in shed

Peter Swailes had been given a nine-month jail term, suspended for 18 months, after admitting conspiring to financially exploit the man.

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

Brute who kept man living in tiny shed for 40 years to have sentence reviewed

Peter Swailes, 56, was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months last month for his crimes but now faces a review.

Daily Record · Mar 10, 2022

Man who kept worker living in freezing filthy shed for 40 years to have sentence reviewed

Peter Swailes, 56, was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months

Manchester Evening News · Mar 10, 2022

Man avoids jail after vulnerable victim found living in squalid shed

Peter Swailes Jr had admitted conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of another with a view to exploitation.

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

Son who conspired with dad to exploit man kept as slave for 40 years avoids jail

Peter Swailes was initially accused of Modern Slavery alongside his 80-year-old father, also called Peter Swailes, but his father died before the trial started

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022

Man kept in filthy shed for 40 years as slave with no lights or heating

A senior investigator has described the case as ‘harrowing’ and said the victim will be traumatised for the rest of his life.

Daily Record · Jan 19, 2022

Modern slavery victim ‘kept in tiny shed for 40 years’

Peter Swailes Jr pleads guilty ahead of scheduled modern slavery trial

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022

Man kept in freezing filthy shed for 40 YEARS with no lights or heating

Officers noted that another shed on site - used for the family dog to sleep in - was in a far better state than the one used by the victim

Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2022

Man kept as slave in shed for 40 years on caravan park near Carlisle

A man has admitted exploiting a vulnerable worker who lived in a six-foot shed on a caravan park for more than 40 years.

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2022