Modern slavery: Victim speaks out after wife and carer jailed

A disabled man was left malnourished in his home for four years after his wife had an affair with his carer.

Tom Somerset-How has spoken out after Sarah Somerset-How and George Webb were jailed.

The pair were convicted of wilful neglect and holding a person in slavery or servitude in what is thought to be the first prosecution of its kind.

Mr Somerset-How, who has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and requires 24-hour care, said he was left in bed for "95% of four years" and at one point went five weeks without a shower.

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