A COUPLE are to stand trial accused of enslaving and assaulting a young woman and controlling her for prostitution.
Ancuta Fogor, 31, and George Basnou, 32, were remanded back into custody after pleading not guilty to five offences at Bradford Crown Court on Monday, December 10.
The Romanian defendants, both of Summer Hill Street, Lidget Green, Bradford, denied arranging or facilitating the travel of the woman with a view to her being exploited, contrary to the 2015 Modern Slavery Act.
They also pleaded not guilty to holding a person in slavery or servitude, controlling a woman for prostitution for gain, causing her actual bodily harm and possession of a Romanian identity card in her name with improper intention.
All the alleged offences are said to have taken place between June 26 and November 10 this year.
The defendants’ trial, expected to last five days, is set to start on Monday, May 13.
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