Friday 14 October 2022 09:28 AM Wealthy property landlady faces jail for keeping 60-year-old vulnerable woman ... trends now
A wealthy landlady faces jail after she was convicted of keeping a woman a slave who she punched, kicked and verbally abused while she cooked, cleaned and looked after her family.
For several years Jacqueline Whittington, 60, was forced to act as a domestic servant for Farzana Kausar, 58, who Lewes Crown Court previously heard controlled almost everything she did.
Mrs Whittington was forced to carry out household chores and look after three young children but did not receive any money.
Kausar had even kept 'vulnerable' Mrs Whittington's benefits money, the court previously heard.
The landlady, who owned several pricey properties in Brighton and London, became increasingly controlling and abusive, often flying into a range.
Kausar broke Mrs Whittington's ankle by slamming a car door on it.
She also allegedly attacked the mother of four as she smashed her glasses into her face, causing a laceration to her face, and ripped off her necklace.
The property owner once barged her way into a doctor's consulting room as Mrs Whittington was in the middle of an appointment.
Kausar, charged with keeping another woman in slavery or servitude, was found guilty yesterday afternoon.
She was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice after a trial lasting almost three weeks at Lewes Crown Court.
Farzana Kausar, 58, was convicted by a jury of keeping another woman in slavery or servitude - here she is pictured outside Lewes Crown Court at a previous hearing on September 26
The alarm was raised by the family's nanny, Michelle Ormiston, who had been hired by Kausar's family.
She witnessed the 'shocking' treatment of the live-in helper, before alerting both social services and the police.
On September 26, Farzana Kausar of Hove, East Sussex appeared before Lewes Crown Court charged with holding a person in
