KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – An Indian businessman who convinced his compatriot to travel to Jamaica and work at his store as a store manager but instead forced him to perform domestic labor without pay is to serve ten years in prison for human trafficking.
Justice Judith Pusey also sentenced Roshan Shegure to five years for the concealment of travel documents.
The sentences are to run concurrently.
Shegure’s Jamaican wife, Danette, who was convicted of facilitating human trafficking, was ordered to pay a one million dollar fine or serve three years in prison.
In handing down the sentences, Pusey also ordered that the victim be compensated in the sum of US$18,337.
This includes salary payments for domestic labor, the victim’s job at their jewelry store, and his pain and suffering.
Before handing down the sentence, the judge said the husband was deliberate in his actions and must be punished.
According to Pusey, a fine would be inadequate and would not fit the crime nor sufficiently serve as a deterrent to others.
The judge said she also found that the husband had manipulated his wife, who believed what was happening in their home was lawful.
The evidence led by the prosecution revealed that a day after the victim arrived, a list of duties for him to do around the house, including cooking, cleaning, and washing, was prepared.
The court also heard that the victim’s passport was taken away two weeks after he arrived in Jamaica.
His cellular phone also went missing after the businessman warned him that he was spending too much time on the device.
He was banned from using his phone at the store.
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