Melbourne couple charged with keeping a slave in their home

Melbourne ne couple face modern-day slavery offences after they allegedly kept a female victim in "domestic servitude" in their home in the city's south.

The man, 44, and the woman, 29, were cha between January and October 2022 ing possession of a slave, exercising control over a slave and using coercion and threats to perpetuate servitude in another person.

The crimes are believed to have taken place between January and October 2022.

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