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Modern slavery: 'I had a big debt and didn't know what to do'

Three people have been found guilty of exploiting a vulnerable man by forcing him to work and withholding his pay and passport from him.

Latvian Rolands Kazoks, 31, was also stripped of his bank cards and denied showers and clean clothes, Newport Crown Court heard.

Two men and a woman, all from Newport, were found guilty of requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour.

Sentencing will be at a later date.

24 August 2022

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Car crashes into another vehicle in Magor, near Newport

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Colin Smith died aged seven in 1990 after contracting Aids from contaminated blood

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John Smith reversed into a police car after stealing two cans of oil from a shop

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M4 motorway brought to halt after fatal crash

Sign saying Man Utd Sold Out!

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Fire crews tackled a blaze in Rogerstone, Newport

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Prince William greeting charity walker Emma Webb

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Blurred still image from video clips shows people being taken out of a car

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Ruth Dodsworth in the BBC studios in Cardiff. She is sitting on an orange sofa. She has cropped blonde hair and is wearing a fitted mauve top,

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A woman has her make up done in a Swansea salon for Beaujolais Day

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Dylan Thomas, who is wearing a blue jumper and has brown hair, is smiling at the camera

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Dylan Thomas, who had also tried to scale the Buckingham Palace fence, stabbed his friend 37 times.

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Strong winds and flooding as Storm Bert arrives

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Natasha Harding in a Liverpool football kit

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Flamingos in water with snow on the grass behind

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Darren Brown wearing grey polo and stood in front of police van

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Rachel Davies wearing a hospital gown and lying in a bed.

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Red buzzer with a hand on

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