By Australian Associated Press
Published: 23:23 BST, 2 May 2019 | Updated: 23:24 BST, 2 May 2019
A Thai sex worker who was spat on, bruised and left bleeding by clients was under the 'control' of a Sydney woman accused of keeping her as a slave, a jury has heard.
The woman was one of two Thai women who voluntarily came to Sydney to do sex work and lived with Rungnapha 'Lisa' Kanbut at her Sydney home at separate times in 2004 and 2005.
Both alleged victims have told a NSW District Court jury Kanbut took their passports which weren't returned until they'd paid off a debt of $45,000 each.
The woman was one of two Thai women who voluntarily came to Sydney to do sex work and lived with Rungnapha 'Lisa' Kanbut (pictured outside court in April) at her Sydney home at separate times in 2004 and 2005
Kanbut, 57, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of intentionally possessing a slave, two counts of exercising powers of ownership over a slave and two counts of dealing with
